Grand finales : the creative longevity of women artists /

"Each of Grand Finales' nine riveting chapters features women artists, George Eliot, Colette, Georgia O'Keeffe, Isak Dinesen, Marianne Moore, Louise Bourgeois, Mary Lou Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks and Katherine Dunham, who transformed the last stage of existence into a rousing conclusi...

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Main Author:	Gubar, Susan, 1944-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Creative ability in old age. Women artists > 20th century > Biography. Women authors > 20th century > Biography. Creativity in literature. Older people > Conduct of life. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Longevity. Women artists > Biography. Women authors > Biography. Women.

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Summary:	"Each of Grand Finales' nine riveting chapters features women artists, George Eliot, Colette, Georgia O'Keeffe, Isak Dinesen, Marianne Moore, Louise Bourgeois, Mary Lou Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks and Katherine Dunham, who transformed the last stage of existence into a rousing conclusion. Gubar draws on their late lives and works to suggest that seniority can become a time of reinvention and renewal. With pizzazz, bravado and geezer machismo, she counters the discrediting of elderly women and clarifies the environments, relationships, activities and attitudes that sponsor a creative old age.
Physical Description:	xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781324065647 1324065648