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Generation Gap

Fathers and Sons
Turgenev novel depicts conflicts of politics and generations. [Russ. Lit.: Benét, 341]
Pontifex, Theobald
domineering father disinherits his unworldly son. [Br. Lit.: Butler The Way of All Flesh in Magill I, 1097]
Wynne, Hugh
never wins the understanding or favor of his stern Quaker father. [Am. Lit.: Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker; Magill I, 390]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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