"The Superannuation Department A.D. 1945"
Title | "The Superannuation Department A.D. 1945" |
Year for Search | 1906 |
Authors | Benson, E[dward] F[rederic](1867-1940) |
Tertiary Authors | Benson, E. F. |
Secondary Title | Windsor Magazine |
Volume / Edition | 23.133 |
Pagination | 253-60 |
Date Published | January 1906 |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Satire on the balance between individuals and the collective good. Everyone over 65 has to regularly demonstrate their usefulness to society with the testimony of witnesses--usefulness, beauty, moral improvement, and happiness are central but other answers are acceptable. Death for those who fail. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Desirable Residences and Other Stories. Selected by Jack Adrian (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1991), 197-207. |
Holding Institutions | L, O |
Author Note | (1867-1940) |
Full Text | 1906 Benson, E[dward] F[rederic] (1867-1940). “The Superannuation Department A.D. 1945.” Windsor Magazine 23.133 (January 1906): 253-60. Rpt. in his Desirable Residences and Other Stories. Selected by Jack Adrian (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1991), 197-207. L, O Satire on the balance between individuals and the collective good. Everyone over 65 has to regularly demonstrate their usefulness to society with the testimony of witnesses--usefulness, beauty, moral improvement, and happiness are central but other answers are acceptable. Death for those who fail. |