The Older Woman in Recent Fiction

by Zoe Brennan

This critical study explores late twentieth century novels by women writers--including Doris Lessing, May Sarton and Barbara Pym--that feature female protagonists over the age of sixty. These novels' discourses on aging contrast with those largely pejorative ones that dominate Western society. They break the silence that normally surrounds the lives of the aged, and this book investigates how older female protagonists are represented in relation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786419008
• ISBN13: 9780786419005
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher