The Production of Lateness
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 art...
Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
| Prif Awdur: | |
|---|---|
| Fformat: | Online |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
| Cyhoeddwyd: |
Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
2021
|
| Pynciau: | |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | ONIX_20200825_9783772056987_51 |
| Tagiau: |
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
|
| Crynodeb: | 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. |
|---|