like Mill, he sees his parents as representative of a generation, places incidents in a historical context (55), and sees his own education as specialĬan you compare and contrast this autobiography with those of Trollope and Martineau? What are some distinctive features of their doctrines, even within the spectrum of nineteenth-century Protestantism? From the evidence of this book, what seems to have been their attitude toward other Protestant religions?Ĭan you see differences from and similarites between Gosse’s education and Mill’s account of his early life? What are some differences in Gosse’s mode of presentation?
Why do you think this may be the case? (small numbers, extremely separatist nature of sect) One might say that autobiography is especially suited for dealing with the intensity of the parent-child relationship, perhaps even more than fiction with its emphasis on other sexual and social relationships.įather and Son is one of the rare literary treatments of Plymouth Brethrenism. Gosse’s relationship with the past is of great importance, and his need to express and resolve this the motivation for the book, untangling the mingling of love with the pain of difference. historical change the juxtaposition of family continuity and ethical differences. The opening paragraphs of this book constitute a virtual position paper, raising some of the basic questions of the autobiography to follow-the importance of temperamental differences vs.
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