Literature and ageing /

The central focus of this book is the experience of growing old as represented in literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, an experience shaped by changes in longevity, a new science of senescence, the availability of state pensions and other phenomena of recent history. The co...

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Other Authors:	Barry, Elizabeth, 1972- (Editor), Skagen, Margery Vibe (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York : D.S. Brewer, [2020]
Series:	Essays and studies (London, England : 1950) ; v. 73.
Subjects:	Old age in literature > 19th-21st centuries. English literature > History and criticism. American literature > History and criticism. Japanese literature > History and criticism. Caribbean literature > History and criticism.