Age of Titles

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Common title convention. Somewhere in the title will be the words "age of (insert age here)". "The" is optional.

A subtrope of The X of Y.

Examples:


Comic Books

Literature

  • The Age of Innocence by Edith Warton.
  • The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology by Thomas Paine.
  • The Age of American Unreason, by Susan Jacoby.
  • The books of James Lovegroves Pantheon series: The Age of Ra, The Age of Odin,' The Age of Zeus and The Age of Aztec.

Live Action TV

Music

Web Original

Video Games

Musicals

  • Hair: "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius..."

Real Life

  • Commonly used to describe time periods to emphasize certain elements of the time period. (Age of Sail, Age of discovery, etc.)

Other