Bibliograph

The lioness in winter, writing an old woman's life, Ann Burack-Weiss

Type

Label

The lioness in winter, writing an old woman's life, Ann Burack-Weiss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lioness in winter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906027733

Responsibility statement

Ann Burack-Weiss

Sub title

writing an old woman's life

Summary

"Ann Burack-Weiss, a gerontologist with more than forty years of experience, analyzes and engages with the writings of a dozen well-known authors for insights into old age. Featured are Maya Angelou, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan Didion, M.F.K Fisher, Doris Grumbach, Carolyn Heilburn, Doris Lessing, Florida Scott-Maxwell, May Sarton, Anne Roiphe, and Alexis Kate Shulman, among others, all of whom wrote about essential issues in old age including physical changes and disability, living alone, reflecting on and revaluing the past, generativity, public life, and the changing roles of family and friends. Burack-Weiss frames the reading of these texts in relevant theory and research including an introduction that discusses narrative theory and developmental, gerontological, and feminist perspectives on the older woman" --, Provided by publisher

resource.variantTitle

Writing an old woman's life

Classification