Forgotten Narratives of Age-Related Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease in Canada

"We have needed a book like this for quite some time. Though others have written brief analyses of Alzheimer's in Canadian literature or chapters about dementia care from a historical perspective, neither topic has received book-length attention to date. Goldman, with an incredible eye for genre across modes of discourse, makes remarkable connections by pulling together the historical narrative with literary analysis." Sally Chivers, Trent University "In Forgotten, Goldman presents a fascinating and multifaceted investigation of the myths and misconceptions that have informed the discourse on cognitive decline from the nineteenth century to the present. Gathering into its scope works of prose fiction,