Losing it

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Miller draws on mythology, literature, and film--from Icelandic sagas and the Bible to The Princess Bride--to illustrate and demonstrate the human relationship with aging and death over the centuries.

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Full title :Losing it / William Ian Miller.

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Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven [Conn.]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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"In which an aging professor laments his shrinking brain, which he flatters himself formerly did him noble service : a plaint, tragi-comical, historical, vengeful, sometimes satirical and thankful in six parts, if his memory does yet serve."

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 328 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780300171013, 0300171013
oclc:ocn856075397
LC Classification:HQ1061
Dewey Decimal:305.26092 MILLER 12/11

The you behind your eyes is out of date -- Can you recall what you had for dinner, Cronus? -- Shrink wrap -- Old views of old age -- Older, yes, but wiser? -- The dark side of wisdom -- Homo querelus (man the complainer) -- Old saints, old killers, and more complaints -- Complaining against the most high -- Giving up smoting for good -- Paralysis of the spirit -- Yes, you can take it with you -- Owing the dead -- Going soft -- Little things; or, what if? -- Defying augury -- Frankly, I do give a damn -- Going through all these things twice -- Do not go gentle: a valediction.

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AGING Aging in literature Miller, William Ian Old age in literature OLD-AGE Vieillesse Vieillesse dans la littérature Vieillissement Vieillissement dans la littérature