The Representation and Symbolism of Old Age in Literature
Raging and the symbolic representations of the elderly have been creative stimuli for artworks, literature, and the performing arts since their inception. The topic has been treated in a picturesque, delicate, and fancy way in classical antiquity, the Renaissance, the Modern Era, and especially the Gothic movements, illuminated by great authors who have reached the sources of creation in old age. The way in which they have analysed the differences in the psychological and mental structure of the
