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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Randall, William Lowell, 1950-

Contributor:

McKim, A. Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory in old age.

Autobiographical memory.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on research in numerous disciplines, this book presents a vision of ageing that promises to accommodate such time-honoured concepts as wisdom and spirituality, one that understands aging as a matter not merely of getting old but of consciously growing old.

Contents:

Contents; PART I: READING OUR LIVES: POETICS EXPLORED; Chapter 1 Rethinking Aging: The Story of My Life; Chapter 2 Narrating Experience: The Autobiographical Self; Chapter 3 Storying Life: The Development of Identity; Chapter 4 Reading Literature: The Interpreting of Text; Chapter 5 Reading Life: The Interpreting of Texistence; PART II: GROWING OLD: POETICS APPLIED; Chapter 6 Restorying Our Lives: The Need for Narrative Development; Chapter 7 Expanding Our Stories: The Mystery of Memory; Chapter 8 Examining Our Stories: The Quest for Meaning

Chapter 9 Transforming Our Stories: The Unfolding of WisdomChapter 10 Transcending Our Stories: The Poetics of Spiritual Aging; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-314) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-029446-9

1-281-85160-4

9786611851606

0-19-971920-9

OCLC:

263166516