Suny series, Studies in the long nineteenth century
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
Introduction: The rise of midlife in Victorian Britain -- "No longer the man he was" : age anxiety in the male midlife marriage plot -- "The neutral man-woman" : female desexualization at midlife -- Marriageable at midlife : the remarrying widows of Frances Trollope and Anthony Trollope -- In the eye of the beholder : Victorian age construction and the specular self -- "How to keep young" : advertising and late-Victorian age anxiety -- Afterword: The future of midlife.
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Middle-aged women-- Attitudes.
Middle-aged women-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- General.
Manners and customs.
Middle-aged women-- Attitudes.
Middle-aged women-- Social conditions.
Great Britain, History, Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain, Social life and customs, 19th century.