Re-discovering Age(ing) : : Narratives of Mentorship / / ed. by Maricel Oró-Piqueras, Emma Domínguez-Rué, Núria Casado-Gual.

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• MitwirkendeR: Astier, Cristina,; Ballyn, Susan,; Casado Gual, Núria,; Casado-Gual, Núria,; Cuadrado-Fernández, Antoni,; Dolan, Josephine,; Domínguez-Rué, Emma,; Errasti, Ander,; Falcus, Sarah,; Farré Vidal, Carme,; Gray, Billy,; Kinsella, John,; Laceulle, Hanne,; Maierhofer, Roberta,; Mina, Núria,; Miquel-Baldellou, Marta,; Morganroth Gullette, Margaret,; Oró-Piqueras, Maricel,; Skoblow, Jeffrey,; Stončikaitė, Ieva,; Suárez-Lafuente, Maria Socorro,; Swinnen, Aagje,; Urdaneta, Elena,
• HerausgeberIn: Casado-Gual, Núria,; Domínguez-Rué, Emma,; Oró-Piqueras, Maricel,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Aging Studies ; 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 p.)

Since Mentor, Telemachus' advisor in Homer's "Odyssey", gave name to the figure of the 'wise teacher', fictional representations of mentoring have permeated different classic and contemporary cultural texts of different literary genres such as fiction, poetry, and life writing. The contributions of this volume analyse this narrative of mentorship that offers a mirror and also a narrative practice through which ageist views of later life (and also of youth) may be undermined, while it at the same time enables a study of questions relevant to wisdom in old age.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Content -- Introduction -- Rediscovering ageing through narratives of Mentorship -- Getting Old, Dreaming Youth: Notes about Fanny Burney -- I may be retired-however, I am still a very busy man -- Rumi, Sufi Spirituality and the Teacher- Disciple Relationship in Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love -- Saviors and Survivors -- Literary Mentors for Life -- The Many Functions of Furniture -- Experience as Mentor in Helping to Deal with Old Age -- "One must take it as it comes" -- Toledo -- Lessons Learnt: CollAge for Maria and Brian -- Of Trees and Fire -- Embodied Legacies of Mentoring and Role Models -- Mentorship as a Lifelong Experience -- Reflections on Academic Generations and the Possibilities of Mentorship -- All that Remains -- On Listening to the 'Music for two Pianos' -- Maria And Brian- Our Parental Figures in the World of Academia -- Connecting People through Brian and Maria-No Limits -- To Feel Part of a Dream -- Let's have tea in "La Torre": Mentoring through Affection -- Your Child of Sorts-A Tribute to Maria & Brian -- Notes -- Notes on Editors -- Notes on Contributors