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Images & Impressions of Old Age in the Great Works of Western Literature (700 B.C.-1900 A.D.)

Images & Impressions of Old Age in the Great Works of Western Literature (700 B.C.-1900 A.D.) An Analytical Compendium

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study shows the traits and attitudes that have been associated with old age by 87 authors (e.g., Aeschylus, Balzac, Shakespeare, Zola) in 267 great works of Western literature, with allusions categorized ("pessimistic", "derogatory", "sympathetic", etc.), and analyzed.

Book information

ISBN: 9780889460379
Publisher: St. David's University Press
Imprint: St. David's University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 016.80880355
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 399
Weight: 839g
Height: 230mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 38mm