Aging gracefully in the Renaissance : stories of later life from Petrarch to Montaigne /

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In 'Aging Gracefully in the Renaissance: Stories of Later Life from Petrarch to Montaigne' Cynthia Skenazi explores a shift in attitudes towards aging and provides a historical perspective on a crucial problem of our time. From the late fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth centuries, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skenazi, Cynthia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 11.
Subjects:
1450-1600
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Aging in literature.
Aging > Europe > History.
Older people > Europe > History.
Adulthood.
Older people.
Aging.
Medicine, Medieval.
History.
Humanities.
Literature, Medieval.
Adult
Age Groups
Aged
Aging
Growth and Development
History, Medieval
History
Humanities
Literature, Medieval
Literature
Named Groups
Persons
Phenomena and Processes
Physiological Phenomena
Littérature européenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Histoire et critique.
Vieillissement dans la littérature.
Vieillissement > Europe > Histoire.
Personnes âgées > Europe > Histoire.
Adultes.
Personnes âgées.
Vieillissement.
Médecine médiévale.
Histoire.
Sciences humaines.
Littérature médiévale.
Littérature.
elderly.
history (discipline)
humanities.
Literature and literary studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
HISTORY > General.
European literature > Renaissance.
Ouderdom.
Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A sound mind in a healthy body. Galen ; Petrarch ; Ficino and Zerbi ; Cornaro ; Erasmus ; Montaigne ; Conclusion
  • The circulation of power and knowledge. Petrarch ; Castiglione ; Montaigne ; Conclusion
  • Love in old age. Petrarch ; Ronsard ; Montaigne ; Pasquier; Conclusion
  • Then and now. The care of the aging self ; Erasmus's colloquium The old men's chat" ; A way of life and a mode of discourse : the case of Montaigne ; In vino veritas.

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