Adventures of the Spirit : The Older Woman in the Works of Doris, Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and Other Contemporary Women Writers / / edited by Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 810.9/9287 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PerrakisPhyllis Sternberg |
Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature Women and literature American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Canadian fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Canadian fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524666703321 |
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From Old Woman to Older Women : Contemporary Culture and Women's Narratives / / Sally Chivers |
Autore | Chivers Sally <1972-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus, : Ohio State University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xlvii, 119 p. ) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093520565 |
Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Women and literature - Canada - History - 20th century Canadian fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8142-7343-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Old age, literature, and potential -- Situating old women : fields of inquiry -- The mirror has two faces : Simone de Beauvoir's and Margaret Laurence's ambivalent representations -- Generation gaps and the potential of grandmotherhood -- Here, every minute is ninety seconds : fictional perspectives on nursing home care -- Living life seriatim : friendship and interdependence in late-life fiction and semifiction. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552775603321 |
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The lioness in winter : writing an old woman's life / / Ann Burack-Weiss |
Autore | Burack-Weiss Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93354 |
Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Aging in literature Literature - Women authors - History and criticism Life change events in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-52533-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Aging, I Wrote -- 1. WHO IS THAT OLD WOMAN? -- 2. WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETIMES, SOME DAYS, ABOUT SOME THINGS -- 3. I HAD LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE FULL-LENGTH MIRROR -- 4. HOW WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER -- 5. BUT WHO WERE THEY? -- 6. THERE IS A GRACE IN DEATH, THERE IS LIFE -- 7. MY MAP OF A PLACE -- 8. INTERESTED IN BIG THINGS AND HAPPY IN SMALL WAYS -- 9. JUST SHOW UP -- 10. FIERCE WITH REALITY -- CONCLUSION. Aging, I Write -- AFTERWORD. Bright as Stars in the Heaven of My Mind -- Annotated Readings -- References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461701503321 |
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The lioness in winter : writing an old woman's life / / Ann Burack-Weiss |
Autore | Burack-Weiss Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93354 |
Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Aging in literature Literature - Women authors - History and criticism Life change events in literature |
ISBN | 0-231-52533-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Aging, I Wrote -- 1. WHO IS THAT OLD WOMAN? -- 2. WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETIMES, SOME DAYS, ABOUT SOME THINGS -- 3. I HAD LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE FULL-LENGTH MIRROR -- 4. HOW WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER -- 5. BUT WHO WERE THEY? -- 6. THERE IS A GRACE IN DEATH, THERE IS LIFE -- 7. MY MAP OF A PLACE -- 8. INTERESTED IN BIG THINGS AND HAPPY IN SMALL WAYS -- 9. JUST SHOW UP -- 10. FIERCE WITH REALITY -- CONCLUSION. Aging, I Write -- AFTERWORD. Bright as Stars in the Heaven of My Mind -- Annotated Readings -- References |
Altri titoli varianti | Writing an old woman's life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797692503321 |
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The lioness in winter : writing an old woman's life / / Ann Burack-Weiss |
Autore | Burack-Weiss Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93354 |
Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Aging in literature Literature - Women authors - History and criticism Life change events in literature |
ISBN | 0-231-52533-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Aging, I Wrote -- 1. WHO IS THAT OLD WOMAN? -- 2. WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETIMES, SOME DAYS, ABOUT SOME THINGS -- 3. I HAD LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE FULL-LENGTH MIRROR -- 4. HOW WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER -- 5. BUT WHO WERE THEY? -- 6. THERE IS A GRACE IN DEATH, THERE IS LIFE -- 7. MY MAP OF A PLACE -- 8. INTERESTED IN BIG THINGS AND HAPPY IN SMALL WAYS -- 9. JUST SHOW UP -- 10. FIERCE WITH REALITY -- CONCLUSION. Aging, I Write -- AFTERWORD. Bright as Stars in the Heaven of My Mind -- Annotated Readings -- References |
Altri titoli varianti | Writing an old woman's life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823577303321 |
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You look good for your age : an anthology / / Rona Altrows |
Autore | Altrows Rona <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edmonton, Alberta : , : University of Alberta Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.93354 |
Collana | Robert Kroetsch |
Soggetto topico |
Aging in literature
Older women in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
age
ageing ageism aging beauty daughter female grandmother image mother old senior seniors woman women young |
ISBN |
1-77212-571-7
1-77212-573-3 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Insight -- The Fixable | Butala -- Fearing | Gordon -- Who Counts the Years? | Bush -- Intent to Forgive | Kogawa -- A barn swallow relative to objectsand places | McGrath -- the petals in me | MacFayden -- Elders -- Listen | Sorbie -- Back to the Garden | Haynes -- Upriver | Rees -- Help Fund Pam's Vital Medical Procedure | Ozbick -- Sundowning | Bateman -- Perfect Purple Rose | Greene -- Body -- you will be amazed | McFayden -- Mastery of the Instrument | McCaig -- Body Composition | McGrath -- The Roxy Project | Frey -- Rarification | Hansen -- Love -- The Art of the Scarf | Bateman -- She Will Drive | Murphy Lamb -- One More Minute | Crate -- The Shave | Altrows -- Timelines -- Telescoping | Sedivy -- Rajiana | Brar -- Aging in Three-Year Increments | Wershler -- Lilly's Funeral | Shaw-Wong -- How I Got Old | Dueck -- Adult Tween | Kirman -- Shuffle | Cawthorne -- She shops at the Sally Ann and Value Village | Crate -- Enough! -- Part of the Furniture | Van Herk -- Kissing Kismet Goodbye | Brar -- Lookin' Back | Neilsen Glenn -- Well Preserved | Morin -- One More Word | Harries -- Notes -- Contributors -- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794541503321 |
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You look good for your age : an anthology / / Rona Altrows |
Autore | Altrows Rona <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edmonton, Alberta : , : University of Alberta Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.93354 |
Collana | Robert Kroetsch |
Soggetto topico |
Aging in literature
Older women in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
age
ageing ageism aging beauty daughter female grandmother image mother old senior seniors woman women young |
ISBN |
1-77212-571-7
1-77212-573-3 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Insight -- The Fixable | Butala -- Fearing | Gordon -- Who Counts the Years? | Bush -- Intent to Forgive | Kogawa -- A barn swallow relative to objectsand places | McGrath -- the petals in me | MacFayden -- Elders -- Listen | Sorbie -- Back to the Garden | Haynes -- Upriver | Rees -- Help Fund Pam's Vital Medical Procedure | Ozbick -- Sundowning | Bateman -- Perfect Purple Rose | Greene -- Body -- you will be amazed | McFayden -- Mastery of the Instrument | McCaig -- Body Composition | McGrath -- The Roxy Project | Frey -- Rarification | Hansen -- Love -- The Art of the Scarf | Bateman -- She Will Drive | Murphy Lamb -- One More Minute | Crate -- The Shave | Altrows -- Timelines -- Telescoping | Sedivy -- Rajiana | Brar -- Aging in Three-Year Increments | Wershler -- Lilly's Funeral | Shaw-Wong -- How I Got Old | Dueck -- Adult Tween | Kirman -- Shuffle | Cawthorne -- She shops at the Sally Ann and Value Village | Crate -- Enough! -- Part of the Furniture | Van Herk -- Kissing Kismet Goodbye | Brar -- Lookin' Back | Neilsen Glenn -- Well Preserved | Morin -- One More Word | Harries -- Notes -- Contributors -- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812291103321 |
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