Aging by the Book: The Emergence of Midlife in Victorian Britain
(Part of the SUNY Series: Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century Series)
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Aging by the Book offers an innovative look at the ways in which middle age, which for centuries had been considered the prime of life, was transformed during the Victorian era into a period of decline. Single women were nearing middle age at thirty, and mothers in their forties were expected to become sexless; meanwhile, fortyish men anguished over whether their "time for love had gone by." Looking at well-known novels of the period, as well as advertisements,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:079147657X
ISBN13:9780791476574
Release Date:March 2009
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Length:260 Pages
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