LEADER 04177nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910810590403321 005 20240418004529.0 010 $a1-283-30922-X 010 $a9786613309228 010 $a0-300-17837-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300178371 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057657 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24485843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538688 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538688 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10559955 035 $a(PQKB)10137616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420748 035 $a(DE-B1597)485758 035 $a(OCoLC)759398132 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300178371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420748 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10506566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330922 035 $a(OCoLC)923596816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057657 100 $a20110404d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLosing it $ein which an aging professor laments his shrinking brain, ... /$fWilliam Ian Miller 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-17101-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tIntroduction: Striking Out -- $tCHAPTER 1. The You behind Your Eyes Is Out of Date -- $tCHAPTER 2. Can You Recall What You Had for Dinner, Cronus? -- $tCHAPTER 3. Shrink Wrap -- $tCHAPTER 4. Old Views of Old Age -- $tCHAPTER 5. Older, Yes, but Wiser? -- $tCHAPTER 6. The Dark Side of Wisdom -- $tCHAPTER 7. Homo Querelus (Man the Complainer) -- $tCHAPTER 8. Old Saints, Old Killers, and More Complaints -- $tCHAPTER 9. Complaining against the Most High -- $tCHAPTER 10. Giving Up Smoting for Good -- $tCHAPTER 11. Paralysis of the Spirit -- $tCHAPTER 12. Yes, You Can Take It with You -- $tCHAPTER 13. Owing the Dead -- $tCHAPTER 14. Going Soft -- $tCHAPTER 15. Little Things; or, What If? -- $tCHAPTER 16. Defying Augury -- $tCHAPTER 17. Frankly, I Do Give a Damn -- $tCHAPTER 18. Going through All These Things Twice -- $tCHAPTER 19. Do Not Go Gentle: A Valediction -- $tAddendum -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Losing It, William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: too old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it. The "it" in Miller's "losing it" refers mainly to mental faculties-memory, processing speed, sensory acuity, the capacity to focus. But it includes other evidence as well-sags and flaccidities, aches and pains, failing joints and organs. What are we to make of these tell-tale signs? Does growing old gracefully mean more than simply refusing unseemly cosmetic surgeries? How do we face decline and the final drawing of the blinds? Will we know if and when we have lingered too long?Drawing on a lifetime of deep study and anxious observation, Miller enlists the wisdom of the ancients to confront these vexed questions head on. Debunking the glossy new image of old age that has accompanied the graying of the Baby Boomers, he conjures a lost world of aging rituals-complaints, taking to bed, resentments of one's heirs, schemes for taking it with you or settling up accounts and scores-to remind us of the ongoing dilemmas of old age. Darkly intelligent and sublimely written, this exhilarating and eccentric book will raise the spirits of readers, young and old. 606 $aOld age 606 $aAging 606 $aOld age in literature 606 $aAging in literature 615 0$aOld age. 615 0$aAging. 615 0$aOld age in literature. 615 0$aAging in literature. 676 $a305.26092 700 $aMiller$b William Ian$f1946-$0222661 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810590403321 996 $aLosing it$93980360 997 $aUNINA