Taunton (English, Brunel U.) looks at all sides of the ambiguity about the elders in the period, tracing our own preconceived notions to those of writers, artists and the common folk of the early mode
Fiction of Old Age in Early Modern Literature and Culture is a new and timely exploration of the issues and circumstances at work in representations of old age in the early modern period. It deals wit
After considering the female body of late medieval devotional literature, contributions then examine the representation of gendered bodies in later literature, exploring such topics as 16th-century oc