Since Mentor, Telemachuss advisor in Homers 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 analyze 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.
| Introduction: Of Wisdom, Growth, and Gratitude: Revisiting the Mentor Figure within the Framework of Ageing Studies |
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Rediscovering ageing through Narratives of Mentorship |
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Getting Old, Dreaming Youth: Notes about Fanny Burney |
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Maria Socorro Suarez-Lafuente |
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I may be retired-however, I am still a very busy man Recollecting and Reimagining through Ageing and Mentorship in Mitch Cullin's A Slight Trick of the Mind |
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Rumi, Sufi Spirituality and the Teacher-Disciple Relationship in Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love |
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Saviors and Survivors Narratives of Mentorship as Rescue |
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Margaret Moganroth Gullette |
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Literary Mentors for Life Joan Margarit's Lessons on Poetry and Ageing in New Letters to a Young Poet |
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The Many Functions of Furniture Re-Discovering Mentors through Narratives of Material and Immaterial Convoys |
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Experience as Mentor in Helping to Deal with Old Age |
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"One must take it as it comes" A Virtue-Ethical Approach to the Exemplary Life Practices of Centenarians |
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Lessons Learnt: CollAge for Maria and Brian Of Trees and Fire |
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Antoni Cuadrado-Fernandez |
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Embodied Legacies of Mentoring and Role Models |
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Mentorship as a Lifelong Experience |
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Reflections on Academic Generations and the Possibilities of Mentorship |
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On Listening to the `Music for two Pianos' |
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Maria And Brian---Our Parental Figures in the World of Academia |
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Connecting People through Brian and Maria---No Limits |
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Let's have tea in "La Torre": Mentoring through Affection |
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Your Child of Sorts---A Tribute to Maria & Brian |
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| Notes on Editors |
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| Notes on Contributors |
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Nśria Casado-Gual, born in 1975, teaches English theatre and literature at the University of Lleida in Catalonia. As a member of the Department of English and Linguistics and as project leader of the research group Dedal-Lit, she leads two research projects on ageing, creativity, and the quality of life. Besides her research in literary gerontology, she develops pedagogical and creative projects within the field of theatre studies, which she also explores as a playwright and actress. Emma Domķnguez-Rué (PhD), born in 1976, teaches in the Department of English at the University of Lleida in Catalonia. She has worked not only on ageing studies but also within the American studies and on narratives of disease, contemporary detective fiction, and Victorian and Gothic fiction from a feminist perspective. Maricel Oró-Piqueras, born in 1977, is a member of the research group Dedal-Lit and teaches literature, culture, and English language at the University of Lleida in Catalonia. Her research focuses on British contemporary writers such as Julian Barnes, Deborah Moggach and Kazuo Ishiguro. She has published articles in journals such as the "Journal of Aging Studies" and the "Journal of English Studies".
