Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age - Hardcover

$30.00

Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age - Hardcover

Name: Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age - Hardcover
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SKU: 9781836390916
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by Barbara H. Rosenwein

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by Barbara H. Rosenwein (Author)

One of The Daily Telegraph's Greatest Books of 2025

A life-affirming exploration of the rich emotional lives of the elderly across thousands of years of human history.

Winter Dreams is an evocative history of the ways the old have thought, felt, and expressed themselves over two millennia, tracking the experience of aging through artistic, literary, and historical records. While old age is often depicted as "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything," Barbara H. Rosenwein shows that the elderly have always retained their emotional depth and desires. She explores how these have changed over time, as societies' views of the elderly and a "good" old age have changed. Through careful critique of these texts, she allows the elderly, so often absent from the historical record, to speak to us.

We live in a rapidly aging society, yet ageism is rampant and death and dying are taboo subjects. Rosenwein's book is a finely wrought testimony to the value of aging and the richness of our "winter dreams."

Author Biography

Barbara H. Rosenwein is a pioneering historian whose books explore the many ways in which different groups have experienced, valued, and expressed emotions over time. She is professor emerita at Loyola University Chicago.

Number of Pages: 264

Dimensions: 1.02 x 8.74 x 5.88 IN

Publication Date: September 09, 2025

ISBN	9781836390916
Author	Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher	Reaktion Books
Genre	History, Education, and Self-help & personal development
Format	Hardcover
Published	September 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	264
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print