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Fictions of old age in early modern literature and culture

Title
Fictions of old age in early modern literature and culture / Nina Taunton.
Author
Taunton, Nina.
Publication
New York : Routledge, c2007.
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Description
210 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 8
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Characters > Older people
  • English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
  • Old age in literature
  • Aging in literature
  • Intergenerational relations in literature
  • Old age > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Contents
Prologue : the whirligig of time -- Commonplaces and stereotypes -- Old and young -- Disgraceful old age (1) : men behaving badly -- Disgraceful old age (2) : women behaving worse -- Politics and the workplace -- Epilogue : the triumph of age : All's well that ends well.
ISBN
  • 9780415324731 (alk. paper)
  • 0415324734 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006037343
OCLC
  • ocm76794713
  • SCSB-14536153
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library