Fierce With Reality: An Anthology of Literature on Aging

By Margaret Cruikshank

Book Overview

The anthology is far more culturally diverse than the few other literary collections on aging. Ranging from ancient Chinese poetry to Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, and Willie Nelson, the anthology includes poetry, fiction, philosophical essays, personal essays, humor, analyses of ageism, and folktales from Asia and Iraq. Fierce with Reality highlights writings by women, from late 19th century American literature to the present. Many facets of aging are explored, revealing the challenges and complexities of late life, and demonstrating that the aging process is both individual and social/cultural. Fierce with Reality, aimed at a general audience as well as students and professors, would be ideal for book groups. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878390987
• ISBN13: 9780878390984
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 6.0"