LEADER 03413nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910813832303321 005 20240417033550.0 010 $a0-7914-7726-6 010 $a1-4416-0772-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791477267 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755890 035 $a(OCoLC)365461085 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575867 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100405 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11114078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100405 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036562 035 $a(PQKB)11532980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407441 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407441 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575867 035 $a(DE-B1597)682285 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791477267 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755890 100 $a20080418d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAging by the book$b[electronic resource] $ethe emergence of midlife in Victorian Britain /$fKay Heath 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cSUNY Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-7657-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The rise of midlife in Victorian Britain -- "No longer the man he was" : age anxiety in the male midlife marriage plot -- "The neutral man-woman" : female desexualization at midlife -- Marriageable at midlife : the remarrying widows of Frances Trollope and Anthony Trollope -- In the eye of the beholder : Victorian age construction and the specular self -- "How to keep young" : advertising and late-Victorian age anxiety -- Afterword: The future of midlife. 330 $aAging by the Book offers an innovative look at the ways in which middle age, which for centuries had been considered the prime of life, was transformed during the Victorian era into a period of decline. Single women were nearing middle age at thirty, and mothers in their forties were expected to become sexless; meanwhile, fortyish men anguished over whether their "time for love had gone by." Looking at well-known novels of the period, as well as advertisements, cartoons, and medical and advice manuals, Kay Heath uncovers how this ideology of decline permeated a changing culture. Aging by the Book unmasks and confronts midlife anxiety by examining its origins, demonstrating that our current negative attitude toward midlife springs from Victorian roots, and arguing that only when we understand the culturally constructed nature of age can we expose its ubiquitous and stealthy influence. 410 0$aSUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century. 606 $aMiddle-aged women$xAttitudes 606 $aMiddle-aged women$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yVictoria, 1837-1901 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 615 0$aMiddle-aged women$xAttitudes. 615 0$aMiddle-aged women$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.2440941/09034 700 $aHeath$b Kay$f1953-$01688552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813832303321 996 $aAging by the book$94062878 997 $aUNINA