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Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family

Alexander Waugh • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group • ISBN 9780767927482

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Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family

Alexander Waugh • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group • ISBN-13 9780767927482

ISBN-10 1765236274 • 2008 • 1st Edition

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ISBN 9780767927482 • Completeness 73

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If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family most certainly has it—and it clearly seems to be passed down from father to son. The first of the literary Waughs was Arthur, who, when he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry at Oxford in 1888, broke with the family tradition of medicine.

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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Paperback1st Edition1888
Pages: 480Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

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Contributor: Alexander Waugh

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Category: ComedyCategory: Cultural StudiesCategory: Dramatic ArtsCategory: EntertainmentCategory: Genre StudiesCategory: Historical AnalysisCategory: Humor StudiesCategory: Literary BiographyCategory: Literary CriticismInfluenced by: AristophanesInfluenced by: Moliu00e8reInfluenced by: Oscar WildeInfluenced by: George Bernard ShawInfluenced by: Harold PinterInfluenced by: Noel CowardInfluenced by: Samuel BeckettInfluenced by: Tom StoppardInfluenced: Contemporary PlaywrightsInfluenced: Modern ComediansInfluenced: Theater DirectorsInfluenced: Literary CriticsInfluenced: Cultural CommentatorsInfluenced: Comedy WritersInfluenced: Performance ArtistsInfluenced: Film DirectorsCornerstone of: Farce Studies

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