Hattie and Sammler: Saul Bellow's older woman and older man.
Literary texts and aging
Mr. Sammler's planet
Older women in western culture
Saul Bellow
“Leaving the Yellow House”
Journal
Journal of aging studies
ISSN: 1879-193X
Titre abrégé: J Aging Stud
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8916517
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
12
09
2022
revised:
29
04
2023
accepted:
18
02
2024
medline:
5
6
2024
pubmed:
5
6
2024
entrez:
4
6
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hattie in Saul Bellow's "Leaving the Yellow House" and Sammler in Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet are both elderly characters. This article intends to compare the two characters from a gender perspective, to illustrate how these characters appear to experience and respond to old age and how other characters in these two fictions respond to the old age of their respective elderly characters. The comparison of these two characters in the fiction of Saul Bellow gives rise to the observation that old age is not merely a phase of negative changes but also of positive ones; ageism claims victims among both men and women whose suffering is aggravated by other kinds of injustice, such as racism and sexism.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38834243
pii: S0890-4065(24)00012-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101217
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101217Informations de copyright
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