Strike the Father Dead | Strike the Father Dead

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Author: John Wain
First Published: 1962
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
Time of Work: The 1940’s and 1950’s
Setting: London, Paris, and an unnamed provincial university town
Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Music or musicians, 1940’s, Individuality, England or English people, Fathers, Jazz music, London, Ethics
Locales: Paris, France, London, England

Alfred Coleman, a middle-aged professor of the classics. The son of a minister, Alfred has inherited his father’s sense of duty, if not his faith. Except for his wife, Mary, who died after ten years of marriage, Alfred has never permitted himself to become close to anyone. Although he is secretly troubled by the memory of his own wartime weakness, he projects an image of certainty, insisting that everyone accept his values, which are chiefly the suppression of emotion and dedication to learning, particularly to the classics. It is his inflexibility that...

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