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Blasted with Antiquity

- Old Age and the Consolations of Literature
Af: David Ellis Engelsk Paperback

Blasted with Antiquity

- Old Age and the Consolations of Literature
Af: David Ellis Engelsk Paperback
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Given the increasing number of old people, the proliferation of books about old age is hardly surprising. Most of these come from cultural historians or social scientists and, when those with a literary background have tackled the subject, they have largely done so through what are known as period studies. In Blasted with Antiquity, David Ellis provides an alternative. Skipping nimbly from Cicero to Shakespeare, and from Wordsworth to Dickens and beyond, he discusses various aspects of old age with the help of writers across European history who have usually been regarded as worth listening to. Eschewing extended literary analyses, Ellis addresses retirement, physical decay, sex in old age, the importance of family, legacy, wills and nostalgia, as well of course as dying itself. While remaining alert to current trends, his approach is consciously that of the old way of teaching English rather than the new. Whether ''blasted with antiquity'' like Falstaff in Henry IV Part Two, or with the ''shining morning face'' of an unwilling student, his accessible and witty style will appeal to young and old alike.
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Given the increasing number of old people, the proliferation of books about old age is hardly surprising. Most of these come from cultural historians or social scientists and, when those with a literary background have tackled the subject, they have largely done so through what are known as period studies. In Blasted with Antiquity, David Ellis provides an alternative. Skipping nimbly from Cicero to Shakespeare, and from Wordsworth to Dickens and beyond, he discusses various aspects of old age with the help of writers across European history who have usually been regarded as worth listening to. Eschewing extended literary analyses, Ellis addresses retirement, physical decay, sex in old age, the importance of family, legacy, wills and nostalgia, as well of course as dying itself. While remaining alert to current trends, his approach is consciously that of the old way of teaching English rather than the new. Whether ''blasted with antiquity'' like Falstaff in Henry IV Part Two, or with the ''shining morning face'' of an unwilling student, his accessible and witty style will appeal to young and old alike.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 180
ISBN-13: 9780718897185
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0718897188
Kategori: Litteraturstudier: lyrik og lyrikere
Udg. Dato: 25 maj 2023
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 232mm
Højde: 155mm
Forlag: James Clarke & Co Ltd
Oplagsdato: 25 maj 2023
Forfatter(e): David Ellis
Forfatter(e) David Ellis

Kategori Litteraturstudier: lyrik og lyrikere

ISBN-13 9780718897185

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 180

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 232mm

Højde 155mm

Udg. Dato 25 maj 2023

Oplagsdato 25 maj 2023

Forlag James Clarke & Co Ltd

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