LEADER 03612nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910819445003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-80003-1 010 $a9786613791429 010 $a0-231-52089-1 024 7 $a10.7312/char14230 035 $a(CKB)2550000000088286 035 $a(OCoLC)778432377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10522089 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571457 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571457 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10611814 035 $a(PQKB)10532890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908783 035 $a(DE-B1597)458732 035 $a(OCoLC)979751710 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231520898 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908783 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10522089 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL379142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000088286 100 $a20081210d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWrinkled deep in time $eaging in Shakespeare /$fMaurice Charney 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-14230-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index. 327 $aKing Lear, Titus Andronicus, and Cymbeline -- The process of growing old, especially in Macbeth -- Time the destroyer -- "Heavy" fathers -- Politic old men: Polonius, Nestor, and Menenius -- Wise old men -- Falstaff -- Othello and Leontes -- Old warriors and statesmen in the English history plays -- Fatal attraction: Antony and Cleopatra -- Strong older women -- Older loving women -- Lusty older women. 330 $aShakespeare was acutely aware of our intimate struggles with aging. His dramatic characters either prosper or suffer according to their relationship with maturity, and his sonnets eloquently explore time's ravaging effects. "Wrinkled deep in time" is how the queen describes herself in Antony and Cleopatra, and at the end of King Lear, there is a tragic sense that both the king and Gloucester have acquired a wisdom they otherwise lacked at the beginning of the play. Even Juliet matures considerably before she drinks Friar Lawrence's potion, and Macbeth and his wife prematurely grow old from their murderous schemes.Drawing on historical documents and the dramatist's own complex depictions, Maurice Charney conducts an original investigation into patterns of aging in Shakespeare, exploring the fulfillment or distress of Shakespeare's characters in combination with their mental and physical decline. Comparing the characterizations of elderly kings and queens, older lovers, patriarchal men, matriarchal women, and the senex—the stereotypical old man of Roman comedy—with the history of life expectancy in Shakespeare's England, Charney uncovers similarities and differences between our contemporary attitudes toward aging and aging as it was understood more than four hundred years ago. From this dynamic examination, a new perspective on Shakespeare emerges, one that celebrates and deepens our knowledge of his subtler themes and characters. 606 $aAging in literature 606 $aOld age in literature 615 0$aAging in literature. 615 0$aOld age in literature. 676 $a822.3/3 700 $aCharney$b Maurice$0440412 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819445003321 996 $aWrinkled deep in time$93934830 997 $aUNINA