This study establishes age as a category of literary history, delineating age in its interaction with gender and narrative genre. Based on the historical premis
This timely collection engages with representations of women and ageing in literature and visual culture. Acknowledging that cultural conceptions of ageing are
Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life and argues for the centrality of self-making to the quality of later life. Aiming to enrich an understand
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psycho