Father And Son
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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One of the most candid and psychologically penetrating memoirs in the English language, Father and Son chronicles the deeply conflicted relationship between Edmund Gosse and his father Philip Henry Gosse — a celebrated marine biologist and devout Plymouth Brethren minister — set against the turbulent intellectual backdrop of Victorian England. Published in 1907, this autobiographical masterpiece details the young Edmund's suffocating religious upbringing, his father's desperate attempts to reconcile strict Calvinist faith with the revolutionary science of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and the son's gradual, painful awakening to art, literature, and independent thought. Gosse writes with a rare combination of filial tenderness and unflinching honesty, crafting a narrative that transcends personal memoir to become a profound document of an era torn between faith and reason. His elegant, precise prose illuminates the universal struggle between parental authority and the individual's right to self-determination, making this far more than a family story — it is a portrait of a civilisation at a crossroads. A landmark of autobiographical writing, Father and Son leaves the reader wondering whether love and intellectual freedom can ever truly coexist.
Author: Edmund Gosse
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the most candid and psychologically penetrating memoirs in the English language, Father and Son chronicles the deeply conflicted relationship between Edmund Gosse and his father Philip Henry Gosse — a celebrated marine biologist and devout Plymouth Brethren minister — set against the turbulent intellectual backdrop of Victorian England. Published in 1907, this autobiographical masterpiece details the young Edmund's suffocating religious upbringing, his father's desperate attempts to reconcile strict Calvinist faith with the revolutionary science of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and the son's gradual, painful awakening to art, literature, and independent thought. Gosse writes with a rare combination of filial tenderness and unflinching honesty, crafting a narrative that transcends personal memoir to become a profound document of an era torn between faith and reason. His elegant, precise prose illuminates the universal struggle between parental authority and the individual's right to self-determination, making this far more than a family story — it is a portrait of a civilisation at a crossroads. A landmark of autobiographical writing, Father and Son leaves the reader wondering whether love and intellectual freedom can ever truly coexist.