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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139006903321

Autore

Skenazi Cynthia

Titolo

Aging gracefully in the Renaissance : stories of later life from Petrarch to Montaigne / / by Cynthia Skenazi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden - Boston, : Brill, 2013

Leiden [The Netherlands] : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25572-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, , 0925-7683 ; ; volume 11

Disciplina

809/.031

Soggetti

European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism

Aging in literature

Aging - Europe - History

Older people - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 A Sound Mind in a Healthy Body -- 2 The Circulation of Power and Knowledge -- 3 Love in Old Age -- 4 Then and Now -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Aging Gracefully in the Renaissance: Stories of Later Life from Petrarch to Montaigne Cynthia Skenazi explores a shift in attitudes towards aging and provides a historical perspective on a crucial problem of our time. From the late fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth centuries, the elderly subject became a point of new social, medical, political, and literary attention on both sides of the Alps. A movement of secularization tended to dissociate old age from the Christian preparation for death, re-orienting the concept of aging around pragmatic matters such as health care, intergenerational relationships, and accrued insights one might wish to pass along. Such changes were accompanied by an increasing number of personal accounts of later life. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014 This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557555003321

Autore

Fallik Elazar

Titolo

Postharvest Disease Development : Pre and/or Postharvest Practices

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Research & information: general

Technology, engineering, agriculture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Postharvest losses of fresh produce have always been an obstacle in agriculture. About one third of global fresh fruits and vegetables are lost because their quality has dropped below an acceptance limit. The postharvest quality and shelf life of fresh produce are also determined before harvest. However, postharvest quality is also affected by many practices during and after harvest such as temperature management, controlled and modified atmosphere, coatings, physical treatments, biocontrol, and more. This Special Issue on "Postharvest Disease Development: Pre and/or Postharvest Practices" gathers papers that deal with preharvest and postharvest factors that affect and maintain fresh produce quality after harvest.