From psychology to poetics: Aging as a literary process

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Elizabeth Mckim, A ^a   Randall, William L ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Meaning; Memory; Narrative; Poetics; Reading; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012437230     PISSN: 19325614     EISSN: 19325622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325610701638045     Document Type: Article

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