The Poetics of Growing Old
by
William L. Randall, Elizabeth McKim
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Against the background of Socrates' insight that the unexamined life is not worth living, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old investigates the often overlooked inside dimensions of aging. Despite popular portrayals of mid- and later life as entailing inevitable decline, this book looks at...