Writing Old Age
edited by Julia Johnson

'... these essays work together to demonstrate the value of collaboration and a conversation across disciplines about the role of writing in the rethinking of old age. ... Many readers will find this affordable, well-produced anthology of use in their thinking about late life.'
Ageing and Society

Can literature provide meaningful insights into ageing and later life that extend beyond the confines of conventional research findings? What tools for analysis has creative writing to offer us in our endeavour to comprehend ageing? There is a growing interest in 'literary gerontology' and the papers here demonstrate the ways in which the study of literature and creative writing could introduce a new dimension to our understanding of the range of experiences that constitute growing older.

No 3 The Representation of Older People in Ageing Research Series

A joint series from the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at the Open University and the Centre for Policy on Ageing