Blasted with Antiquity - Ellis David

Perspectives on the perils and pitfalls of ageing, viewed through the lens of novels, plays and poems from across history.Given the increasing number of old people, the proliferation of books about old age is hardly surprising. Most of these come from cultural historians or social scientists and, when those with a literary background have tackled the subject, they have largely done so through what are known as period studies. In Blasted with Antiquity, David Ellis provides an alternative. Skipping... Zobrazit více