Father and Son (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmund Gosse
- First Published: 1907
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Parents and children, Adolescence, Nineteenth century, Autobiography, England or English people, Fathers, Youth, Puritans or Puritanism
Critical Evaluation:
In chapter 1, Edmund Gosse depicts himself as a small child in a staunchly Puritan, middle-class household where stringent worship takes place daily. As he grew, Gosse enjoyed great freedom during the day, and in the evenings he was lovingly included as an equal third party in his parents’ eager, mutually enjoyable discussions of Puritan doctrine.
In chapter 2, Gosse records his life from earliest memory through age six. He emphasized the dichotomous experience of having loving parents who had no sense of the despairing oppressiveness their...
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