'and Yet I Remember': Ageing And Old(er) Age In English Drama Between 1660 And The 1750s

by Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon

2020-05-06 19:35:51

explores representations of ageing and old age in English drama from 1660 to the 1750s. Within these approximately ninety years, England witnessed significant developments in medicine and the advent of sentimental philosophy, which began to transfo... Read more

<> explores representations of ageing and old age in English drama from 1660 to the 1750s. Within these approximately ninety years, England witnessed significant developments in medicine and the advent of sentimental philosophy, which began to transform attitudes toward old age and ageing. This study discusses the enduring cultural and literary stereotyping of old(er) people in culture and drama of this period. The chapters are organised around the stereotypes that kept reappearing in cultural, medical and religious narratives on old age, namely the desiring old man (senex amans) and woman (the <>) and the nostalgic and wise elder. Exploring many diverse storylines between 1660 and the 1750s that treat old age and present old(er) characters, the analyses in this study further show how the choice of genre, personal experiences and attitudes of the playwright, and political and cultural revolutions affected the representation of older people.

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File size8.9 X 6.1 X 0.8 in
PublisherPeter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publication date April 11, 2019
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781788745741

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