Reading our lives : the poetics of growing old / William L. Randall, A. Elizabeth McKim.

Author/creator Randall, William Lowell, 1950-
Other author McKim, A. Elizabeth.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxi, 327 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Rethinking aging : the story of my life -- Narrating experience : the autobiographical self -- Storying life : the development of identity -- Reading literature : the interpreting of text -- Reading life : the interpreting of texistence -- Restorying our lives : the need for narrative development -- Expanding our stories : the mystery of memory -- Examining our stories : the quest for meaning -- Transforming our stories : the unfolding of wisdom -- Transcending our stories : the poetics of spiritual aging.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-314) and index.
LCCN 2007034719
ISBN9780195306873
ISBN0195306872

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF724.85.M45 R36 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold