Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9781848934016 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 208 str.

Helen Yallop

Opis

Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for 'aging' existed at this time, a person's age was a significant aspect of their identity.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Words and Concepts: The Meaning of Age and Aging; Chapter 2 The Forces of Aging: Macrocosm and Microcosm; Chapter 3 The New Science: Aging and Agency; Chapter 4 Society and Sociability: Cheerfulness; Chapter 5 Aged Identities: Prescriptive Behaviour for ‘Old Men’; Chapter 6 Identity Formations: Age and ‘Character’; conclusion Conclusion;

O autorze

Helen Yallop