UID:
edoccha_9959842394702883
Series Statement:
Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten / Swiss Studies in English
Content:
This study examines how selected authors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries write about their creative processes in old age and thus purposefully produce a late style of their own. Late-life creativity has not always been viewed favourably. Prevalent „peak-and-decline“ models suggest that artists, as they grow old, cease to produce highquality work. Aiming to counter such ageist discourses, the present study proposes a new ethics of reading literary texts by elderly authors. For this purpose, it develops a methodology that consolidates textual analysis with cultural gerontology.
Note:
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-7720-8698-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-7720-5698-9
Language:
English
