The Production of Lateness - Rahel Rivera Godoy-Benesch
| Автор: | Rahel Rivera Godoy-Benesch |
| Издательство: | Bookwire |
| Серия: | Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten (SAA) |
| Жанр произведения: | Документальная литература |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9783772001147 |
This study examines how selected authors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries write about their creative processes in old age and thus purposefully produce a late style of their own. Late-life creativity has not always been viewed favourably. Prevalent «peak-and-decline» models suggest that artists, as they grow old, cease to produce highquality work. Aiming to counter such ageist discourses, the present study proposes a new ethics of reading literary texts by elderly authors. For this purpose, it develops a methodology that consolidates textual analysis with cultural gerontology.