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Toward creative understanding
 — Bakhtin and the study of old age in literature
Author(s)Mari-Ann Berg
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 10, no 1, Spring 1996
Pagespp 15-26
KeywordsAgeing process ; Fiction.
AnnotationExplores how the ideas of the Russian philosopher Bakhtin explains the role of fiction in discourses in ageing and older age, and examines how this is manifested in Doris Lessing's novel The Diary of a Good Neighbour.
Accession NumberCPA-960328011 A
ClassmarkBG: HKF

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