Dorian Graying: Is Youth the Only Thing Worth Having? (Society and Aging Series)

By: Robert Kastenbaum

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Synopsis: In his latest and perhaps most adventuresome book, Robert Kastenbaum offers a fresh view of the quest for perpetual youth. The focus is on the "pretty monster" that Oscar Wilde created a century ago in "The Picture of Dorian Gray". We see Dorian first within the frame of his own times, responding to the pressures of modernization by attempting to escape the natural progression of time. Next we enter Dorian, the Opera, a re-imagining of his quest in the postmodern world of interactive computers. Finally, we observe Dorian's obsession and plight in our own graying society. This insightful analysis of the dangers inherent in becoming "terminally young" also provides a set of propositions worth consideration by gerontologists, educators, philosophers, media mavens, and policy-makers.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 243 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351868044
Related ISBNs:: 9780895031693, 9781315232430, 9780895031723
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/30/23
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Horror, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Psychology, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.