The Victorians and Old Age

by Karen Chase

Karen Chase examines old age as it was constructed in Victorian social and literary cultures. Beginning with the vexed relation between elderly people whose numbers and needs taxed the state which sought to identify, classify, and provide for them, she analyzes illuminating moments in narrative form, social policy, or cultural attitudes. The book considers the centrality of institutions and of the generational divide; it traces the power and powerlessness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199564361
• ISBN13: 9780199564361
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"