{"product_id":"from-the-hearth-to-the-open-road-feminist-study-of-ageing-in-contemporary-literature-contributions-in-womens-studies-a-feminist-study-of-aging-in-contemporary-literature-113-9780313266508","title":"From the Hearth to the Open Road Feminist Study of Ageing in Contemporary Literature Contributions in Womens Studies A Feminist Study of Aging in Contemporary Literature 113","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis literary critical book deals exclusively with contemporary fiction by women that focuses on aging of women. It discusses the emergence of a new fictional genre, the novel of ripening or Reifungsroman. This emerging genre about the aging heroine reconceptualizes middle and old age for women, taking it from a formerly stereotypical state of passivity and deterioration (by the hearthside) into one of adventure, growth, self-discovery, self-affirmation, and integration (on the open road). The book contains an extensive bibliography of twentieth-century popular periodical articles on aging (Canadian, American, and British); literary critical articles on aging in the fiction of Doris Lessing, Alice Adams, Paule Marshall, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, May Sarton, and Margaret Laurence; as well as general literary critical works on these authors; and some general (non-literary) studies of aging, often from a feminist framework (such as Simone de Beavoir's \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: A New Fictional Genre--The Reifungsroman, or Fiction of Ripening Popular Journalism's Treatment of Old Age and the Aging Experience Beginning the Journey to Selfhood in Middle Age New Passions and Commitments in Young Old Age Challenging Dependency and Embracing Death Conclusion: The Aging Woman in Society, the Reifungsroman, and Literary Criticism's Role Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767355048279,"sku":"9780313266508","price":106.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-hearth-to-the-open-road-feminist-study-of-ageing-in-contemporary-literature-contributions-in-womens-studies-a-feminist-study-of-aging-in-contemporary-literature-113-9780313266508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}