Father and Son
Publishing Details
Father and Son
By (Author) Edmund Gosse
Edited by Peter Abbs
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
27th July 1989
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Classic fiction: literary and general
821.8
Physical Properties
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
202g
Description
At birth Edmund Gosse was dedicated to "the service of the lord". His parents were Plymouth Brethren. After his mother's death Gosse was brought up in stifling isolation by his father, a marine biologist, whose faith overcame his reason when confronted by Darwin's theory of evolution. "Father and Son" is the record of Gosse's struggle to "fashion his inner life for himself" - a record of whose full and subversive implications the author was unaware, as Peter Abbs notes in his introduction.
Author Bio
Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849 - 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhood in the book Father and Son has been described as the first psychological biography.
