Perceptions of aging in literature : a cross-cultural study

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Foreword : literature's value in gerontological research / W. Andrew Achenbaum

Making sense : interpreting historical and cross-cultural literature on aging / Jon Hendricks and Cynthia A. Leedham

Portrayal of the elderly in classical Greek and Roman literature / Louis Roberts

"Grow old along with me" : images of older people in British and American literature / Richard C. Fallis

From centrality to expendability : the aged in French literature / Paul J. Archambault

Aging in German and Austrian literature / Gerd K. Schneider

"No joy" : old age in Russian literature / Robert H. Stacy

Aging as cultural reflection in Hispanic American literature / Myron I. Lichtblau

Old age in Arabic literature / Roger Allen

"Withered blossoms" : aging in Japanese literature / Virginia Skord

The honored aged in Chinese literature / Edward Gunn