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Kinds of love by May Sarton — a theoretical framework for educating gerontologists
Author(s)	Mary Alice Wolf
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 4, June 1999
Pages	pp 317-330
Keywords	Social characteristics [elderly] ; Fiction ; Ageing process ; Education ; Theory.
Annotation	Using "Kinds of love" by May Sarton in gerontology classes as a text for studying human development affords an opportunity to explore theory and research on ageing. The tasks of adolescence, middle age, and old age are eloquently described in the motivation and experience of Sarton's characters. Youth, middle-aged, and older people play out their lives, but it is the older characters who represent the richest opportunity to examine the struggle for integrity, inner life, gender shift, and meaning. As a text for the study of gerontology from a human development perspective, "Kinds of love" demonstrates the sweep of growth and change that are made up in intricate day-to-day tasks, decisions, and quiet ruminations. The narrative, complexity of characters, and environmental context illuminate an array of developmental movements. When analysed within Eriksonian, constructive developmental, and relational frameworks, the novel allows readers to study the nature of human change over time. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990721210 A
Classmark	F: HKF: BG: V: 4D
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