The imaginative prose of Oliver Wendell Holmes
By: Michael A. Weinstein.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780826216441
Subjects: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Didactic literature, American -- History and Criticism.; Autonomy (Psychology) in literature.
Description: "Explication of Holmes's didactic works, including A Mortal Antipathy and Over the Teacups, which substantiates Holmes as a serious writer of the New England Renaissance whose ideology of self-determination as an American value is as relevant to modern society as it was to the agrarian and industrial societies he addressed"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.