The Production of Lateness : Old Age and Creativity in Contemporary Narrative
Rivera Godoy-Benesch, Rahel
The Production of Lateness : Old Age and Creativity in Contemporary Narrative - Tübingen Narr Francke Attempto 2020
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9783772056987
10.2357/9783772056987 doi
Literature: history & criticism
Art treatments & subjects
Music
Late Style Old Age Creativity Literature Gender John Barth Karen Blixen Joan Didion Theodor Adorno Beethoven Metafiction Narrative Autobiography Dementia Death Cultural Gerontology
The Production of Lateness : Old Age and Creativity in Contemporary Narrative - Tübingen Narr Francke Attempto 2020
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9783772056987
10.2357/9783772056987 doi
Literature: history & criticism
Art treatments & subjects
Music
Late Style Old Age Creativity Literature Gender John Barth Karen Blixen Joan Didion Theodor Adorno Beethoven Metafiction Narrative Autobiography Dementia Death Cultural Gerontology