| Old Age in Greek and Latin Literature Contributor(s): Falkner, Thomas M. (Editor), Deluce, Judith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791400301 ISBN-13: 9780791400302 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 880.093 |
| LCCN: 88029358 |
| Series: Suny Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 260 pages |
| Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume explores the significance of old age in Greek and Latin poetry and dramatic literature, not just in relation to other textual and historical concerns, but as a cultural and intellectual reality of central importance to understanding the works themselves. The book discusses a wide range of authors, from Homer to Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Euripides; from Horace to Vergil, Ovid, and beyond. Classical scholarship on these texts is enriched by a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from such fields as anthropology, social history, literary theory, psychology, and gerontology. The contributions examine the many and complex representations of old age in classical literature: their relation to the social and psychological realities of old age, their connection with the author's own place in the human life course, their metaphorical and symbolic capacity as poetic vehicles for social and ethical values. |