The experience of old age as depicted in contemporary novels.

@article{Sohngen1977TheEO,
  title={The experience of old age as depicted in contemporary novels.},
  author={Mary Sohngen},
  journal={The Gerontologist},
  year={1977},
  volume={17 1},
  pages={
          70-8
        }
}
  • M. Sohngen
  • Published 1 February 1977
  • Education
  • The Gerontologist
Contemporary novels with an old protagonist express individual emotive responses to the experience of aging. Such novels can supplement    Topic: aging adult education, continuing elderly Issue Section: Literature and Aging © 1977 The Gerontolog ical Society of America You do not currently have access to this article. Download all figures gerontological studies and stimulate discussions aboutold age in adult or continuing education groups. A bibliography of 87 contemporary novels is provided… 
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