Percepciones del envejecimiento: Gerda Marshalson en 'Henry and Cato' (1976), de Iris Murdoch

This paper proposes an approach to the novel Henry and Cato (1976) by the AngloIrish writer Iris Murdoch, analysing from an ageing studies perspective the way in which the cultural meanings of ageing are articulated in this text. The study deals with MARIÁNGEL SOLANS GARCÍA 124 EPOS, XXXVI (2020) págs. 123-138 the codification of age in the body of one of the protagonists, Gerda Marshalson, the asymmetries in age power relations, and the ageist behaviours that her environment reflects. In this way, it focuses not only on the stereotypes related to the complex ageing process that the novel reproduces, but also on their subversion.