Utopian method: reimagining age expectations and intergenerational relationships through reader responses to Tove Jansson’s <i>The Summer Book</i> (1972)

We analyze reader responses to Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book to suggest the novel offers a platform from which to imagine new, often utopian, thresholds of aging and intergenerational relationships. We suggest the way literature encourages utopian thinking is two-fold, allowing readers to reflect o...

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Main Authors: Jade French, Melanie Lovatt, Valerie Wright
Format: Default Article
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Intergenerational relationships
Aging
The Summer Book
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/27925071.v1
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