Author

Mervyn Eastman

Mervyn Eastman writes literary scholarship informed by social history and gerontology. His work examines ageing, social class, and historical context through close textual study. Drawing on a life-course perspective, he explores how personal experience and societal attitudes shape literary representation across nineteenth-century writing.

Published Title

Dickens and His Older People

An illuminating study examining how a young Charles Dickens portrayed iconic characters through the lens of literary gerontology. The book explores representations of ageing, social class, and generational experience within the late Georgian and early Victorian world.

Dickens and His Older People by Mervyn Eastman book cover