An interest in "late style" as a category has long been important in musicology and art history. The last decade or so has seen the growing significance of this approach in cultural and literary studies, especially in light of Edward W. Said's influential volume On Late Style (2006), which brought the ideas into general circulation. This interest both reflects and feeds into the growth of a new discipline that might be termed "humanistic (or cultural) gerontology" and operates at the intersection of humanities, medical science, and social sciences. 1 In the United States the new discipline has led the way in analyzing the implication of aging across a broad interdisciplinary spectrum, with numerous publications on aging and creativity, old-age style, "late style," and the importance for culture and philosophy of the notion of late work. This field has a special resonance in Europe where work is also beginning. If the interest in the United States is arguably led by the aging academy
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