The Production of Lateness

Old Age and Creativity in Contemporary Narrative
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-7720-8698-4
Verlag: Francke

Buch, Englisch, Band 146, 205 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten (SAA)

This study examines how selected authors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries write about their creative processes in old age and thus purposefully produce a late style of their own. Late-life creativity has not always been viewed favourably. Prevalent "peak-and-decline" models suggest that artists, as they grow old, cease to produce highquality work. Aiming to counter such ageist discourses, the present study proposes a new ethics of reading literary texts by elderly authors. For this purpose, it develops a methodology that consolidates textual analysis with cultural gerontology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivera Godoy-Benesch, Rahel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Gerontopsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Rahel Rivera Godoy-Benesch ist Anglistin und forscht an der Schnittstelle zwischen Literaturwissenschaft und Gerontologie.