Beyond the memoir: Telling life stories using multiple literary forms

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 159-167

  Medeiros, Kate De ^a  

^a The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Genre; Literary form; Memoir; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012520767     PISSN: 19325614     EISSN: 19325622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325610701638052     Document Type: Article

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