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Perceptions of aging in literature : a cross-cultural study

Title: Perceptions of aging in literature : a cross-cultural study / edited by Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell and Patricia Spencer Soper ; foreword by W. Andrew Achenbaum.
Publication: New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.

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Description

xxv, 175 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions to the study of aging, 0732-085X ; no. 11

Uniform Title

Contributions to the study of aging ; no. 11.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword : literature's value in gerontological research / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- Making sense : interpreting historical and cross-cultural literature on aging / Jon Hendricks and Cynthia A. Leedham -- Portrayal of the elderly in classical Greek and Roman literature / Louis Roberts -- "Grow old along with me" : images of older people in British and American literature / Richard C. Fallis -- From centrality to expendability : the aged in French literature / Paul J. Archambault -- Aging in German and Austrian literature / Gerd K. Schneider -- "No joy" : old age in Russian literature / Robert H. Stacy -- Aging as cultural reflection in Hispanic American literature / Myron I. Lichtblau -- Old age in Arabic literature / Roger Allen -- "Withered blossoms" : aging in Japanese literature / Virginia Skord -- The honored aged in Chinese literature / Edward Gunn.

ISBN

0313262926
9780313262920

LCCN

88034723

OCLC

ocm18909034
18909034
SCSB-1892841

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Princeton University Library