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Since the 1860s, before scientists developed a name for Alzheimer's disease, Canadian authors were writing about age-related dementia. Originally, most of these stories were elegant, designed to offer readers solace.…

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Since the 1860s, before scientists developed a name for Alzheimer's disease, Canadian authors were writing about age-related dementia. Originally, most of these stories were elegant, designed to offer readers solace. Over time evolved into novels of gothic horror that the disease is introduced not as a natural consequence of aging but as the transformation of the Apocalypse.

By weaving scientific, cultural and aesthetic images of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, forgetting that the only crisis associated with aging Canada's population is one of misunderstanding. Detecting the disease's transformation into something savage can have serious consequences, Marilyn Goldman seeks to identify the political and social influences that have led to the model of gothic disease and its effects on society.

Through the study of authors such as Alice Monroe, Michael Ignatiev, Jane Roll, and Caroline Aderson, as well as news stories and medical and historical discussions on Alzheimer's disease, Goldman provides an alternative perspective that focuses on human aging and age-related dementia. . The deconstruction of mythology that has transformed cognitive decline into fiction is attributed to the central role played by fiction and non-fiction in cultural interpretations of the disease..



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