The older woman in recent fiction

By Zoe Brennan

Subjects: Women authors, American literature, women authors, English fiction, Aging in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, History and criticism, History, Women and literature, Old age in literature, Older women in literature

Description: "This critical study explores late twentieth century novels by women writers that feature female protagonists over the age of sixty. These novels create alternate discourses on aging to those largely pejorative ones that dominate Western society"--Provided by publisher.