Grow Old & Wise, or Just Old?

How does dying affect art: literature and music?

In this collection of essays, Edward Said explores the last works of writers and musicians, including Thomas Mann, Constantine P. Cavafy, and Samuel Beckett. Said asks: "Does one grow wiser with age and are there unique qualities of perception and form that artists acquire as a result of age in the late phase of their career?"

Read more about On Late Style. How do you think a writer's last work can be affected by the knowledge that the end is near?



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