The lioness in winter writing an old woman's life

Title
  1. The lioness in winter [electronic resource] : writing an old woman's life / Ann Burack-Weiss.
Published by
  1. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Author
  1. Burack-Weiss, Ann.

Details

Description
  1. 1 online resource (xx, 185 pages)
Summary
  1. "Ann Burack-Weiss, a gerontologist with more than forty years of experience, analyzes and engages with the writings of a dozen well-known authors for insights into old age. Featured are Maya Angelou, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan Didion, M.F.K Fisher, Doris Grumbach, Carolyn Heilburn, Doris Lessing, Florida Scott-Maxwell, May Sarton, Anne Roiphe, and Alexis Kate Shulman, among others, all of whom wrote about essential issues in old age including physical changes and disability, living alone, reflecting on and revaluing the past, generativity, public life, and the changing roles of family and friends. Burack-Weiss frames the reading of these texts in relevant theory and research including an introduction that discusses narrative theory and developmental, gerontological, and feminist perspectives on the older woman" --
Uniform title
  1. Lioness in winter (Online)
Alternative title
  1. Lioness in winter (Online)
  2. Writing an old woman's life
Subject
  1. Old age in literature
  2. Older women in literature
  3. Aging in literature
  4. Literature > Women authors > History and criticism
  5. Life change events in literature
  6. Life cycle, Human, in literature
  7. Life change events in old age
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185)
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Burack-Weiss, Ann.
Title
  1. The lioness in winter [electronic resource] : writing an old woman's life / Ann Burack-Weiss.
Imprint
  1. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185)
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
LCCN
  1. 2015008944
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