Constituting old age in Early Modern English literature, from Queen Elizabeth to King Lear / Christopher Martin.

Author/creator Martin, Christopher, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMassachusetts studies in early modern culture
Massachusetts studies in early modern culture. ^A304029
Contents Age, agency, and early modern constitutions -- Elizabeth I's politics of longevity -- Out to pasture: the bucolic elder in Spenser, Sidney, and their heirs -- Gerontophobia and late Elizabethan poetry: "old strange thinges" -- "Confin'd to exhibition": King Lear through the spectacles of age -- Epilogue: figures of retire.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-213) and index.
LCCN 2012031169
ISBN9781558499737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558499733 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558499720 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1558499725 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40021728506

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Joyner General Stacks PR428.O43 M37 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold