Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation
By: Peter Gibian.
Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Conversation -- History -- 19th century.; Table-talk -- History -- 19th century.; Conversation in literature.; Dialogue in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments page ix; title: Introduction; title: PART ONE OPENING THE CONVERSATION; title: I THE CONVERSATION OF A CULTURE: strange powers; title: of speech 15; title: PART TWO HOLMES IN THE CONVERSATION OF HIS CULTURE; title: 2 "TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF CONVERSATION":; title: interruption and vocal diversity in Holmes' American; title: talk 61; title: 3 "COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" I: THE ELECTRODYNAMICS; title: OF CONVERSATION A carnival of verbal fireworks 91; title: J4 (COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" II: ELECTRIC AND; title: OCEANIC "CURRENTS" IN CONVERSATION The cultural; title: work of Holmesian talk IIo; title: 5 A CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH TO TRUTH: the Doctor; title: in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers 127; title: 6 CONVERSATION AND "THERAPEUTIC NIHILISM": the; title: Doctor in dialogue with contemporary medicine 161; title: 7 THE SELF IN CONVERSATION: the Doctor in dialogue; title: with contemporary psychology 184; title: PART THREE THE TWO POLES 0F CONVERSATION; title: 8 THE BIPOLAR DYNAMICES OF HOLMES' HOUSEHOLD; title: DIALOGUES: levity and gravity 215; title: 9 HOLMES' HOUSE DIVIDED: house-keeping and; title: house-breaking 235; title: 10 "CUTTING OFF THE COMMUNICATION": fixations and; title: falls for the walled-in-self- Holmes in dialogue with; title: Sterne, Dickens, and Melville 280; title: II BREAKING THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE: Holmes in; title: dialogue with Hawthorne 289; title: PART FOUR CLOSING THE CONVERSATION; title: 12 CONCLUSIONS: Holmes Senior in dialogue with; title: HolmesJunior 313; title: Notes 341; title: Index 383.