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Aging by the book : the emergence of midlife in Victorian Britain / Kay Heath.

Author/creator Heath, Kay, 1953-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAlbany : SUNY Press,
Descriptionxii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Suny series, Studies in the long nineteenth century
Contents Introduction: The rise of midlife in Victorian Britain -- "No longer the man he was" : age anxiety in the male midlife marriage plot -- "The neutral man-woman" : female desexualization at midlife -- Marriageable at midlife : the remarrying widows of Frances Trollope and Anthony Trollope -- In the eye of the beholder : Victorian age construction and the specular self -- "How to keep young" : advertising and late-Victorian age anxiety -- Afterword: The future of midlife.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008017370
ISBN9780791476574 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN079147657X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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