Fictions of old age in early modern literature and culture
By: Nina Taunton.
Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 8
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780415324731
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Older people; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Old age in literature; Aging in literature; Intergenerational relations in literature; Old age -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the whirligig of time; title: Commonplaces and stereotypes : Comedy of errors, Dialogue of comfort; title: Old and young : The merchant of Venice, The old law, King Lear; title: Disgraceful old age (1); title: men behaving badly : King Lear, The old law, The broken heart; title: Disgraceful old age (2); title: women behaving worse : The witch, The witch of Edmonton, The wise woman of Hogsdon; title: Politics and the workplace : The courtier, The old law, Coriolanus; title: Epilogue : All's well that ends well.