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Loss and renewal in old age
— some literary models | | Author(s) | Gerald F Manning |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 12, no 4, Winter 1993 |
| Pages | pp 469-484 |
| Keywords | Adjustment ; Engagement ; Fiction. |
| Annotation | This paper examines a familiar problem - loss and diminishment in old age - and cites some examples in fiction of strategies of coping. The first half of the paper considers some literary expressions of disengagement, particularly a story by Carol Bly entitled "Gunnar's Sword", and David Malouf's novel, "An Imaginary Life". The second half of the essay compares two recent novels of life review, Tom Marshall's "Adele at the End of the Day", and Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day". All of the works considered are evaluated both in terms of their contribution to an understanding of ageing, and in terms of their literary achievements. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821219 A |
| Classmark | DR: DN: HKF |
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