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245 10 a| Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversationh| [electronic resource] /c| Peter Gibian.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,;

300 a| xi, 398 p. :b| ill. ;c| 24 cm.;

440 0 a| Cambridge studies in American literature and culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments page ix -- Introduction -- PART ONE OPENING THE CONVERSATION -- I THE CONVERSATION OF A CULTURE: strange powers -- of speech 15 -- PART TWO HOLMES IN THE CONVERSATION OF HIS CULTURE -- 2 "TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF CONVERSATION": -- interruption and vocal diversity in Holmes' American -- talk 61 -- 3 "COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" I: THE ELECTRODYNAMICS -- OF CONVERSATION A carnival of verbal fireworks 91 -- J4 (COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" II: ELECTRIC AND -- OCEANIC "CURRENTS" IN CONVERSATION The cultural -- work of Holmesian talk IIo -- 5 A CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH TO TRUTH: the Doctor -- in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers 127 -- 6 CONVERSATION AND "THERAPEUTIC NIHILISM": the -- Doctor in dialogue with contemporary medicine 161 -- 7 THE SELF IN CONVERSATION: the Doctor in dialogue -- with contemporary psychology 184 -- PART THREE THE TWO POLES 0F CONVERSATION -- 8 THE BIPOLAR DYNAMICES OF HOLMES' HOUSEHOLD -- DIALOGUES: levity and gravity 215 -- 9 HOLMES' HOUSE DIVIDED: house-keeping and -- house-breaking 235 -- 10 "CUTTING OFF THE COMMUNICATION": fixations and -- falls for the walled-in-self- Holmes in dialogue with -- Sterne, Dickens, and Melville 280 -- II BREAKING THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE: Holmes in -- dialogue with Hawthorne 289 -- PART FOUR CLOSING THE CONVERSATION -- 12 CONCLUSIONS: Holmes Senior in dialogue with -- HolmesJunior 313 -- Notes 341 -- Index 383.;

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Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation / Peter Gibian.

Author/creator	Gibian, Peter, 1952-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Description	xi, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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.

Series	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments page ix -- Introduction -- PART ONE OPENING THE CONVERSATION -- I THE CONVERSATION OF A CULTURE: strange powers -- of speech 15 -- PART TWO HOLMES IN THE CONVERSATION OF HIS CULTURE -- 2 "TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF CONVERSATION": -- interruption and vocal diversity in Holmes' American -- talk 61 -- 3 "COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" I: THE ELECTRODYNAMICS -- OF CONVERSATION A carnival of verbal fireworks 91 -- J4 (COLLISIONS OF DISCOURSE" II: ELECTRIC AND -- OCEANIC "CURRENTS" IN CONVERSATION The cultural -- work of Holmesian talk IIo -- 5 A CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH TO TRUTH: the Doctor -- in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers 127 -- 6 CONVERSATION AND "THERAPEUTIC NIHILISM": the -- Doctor in dialogue with contemporary medicine 161 -- 7 THE SELF IN CONVERSATION: the Doctor in dialogue -- with contemporary psychology 184 -- PART THREE THE TWO POLES 0F CONVERSATION -- 8 THE BIPOLAR DYNAMICES OF HOLMES' HOUSEHOLD -- DIALOGUES: levity and gravity 215 -- 9 HOLMES' HOUSE DIVIDED: house-keeping and -- house-breaking 235 -- 10 "CUTTING OFF THE COMMUNICATION": fixations and -- falls for the walled-in-self- Holmes in dialogue with -- Sterne, Dickens, and Melville 280 -- II BREAKING THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE: Holmes in -- dialogue with Hawthorne 289 -- PART FOUR CLOSING THE CONVERSATION -- 12 CONCLUSIONS: Holmes Senior in dialogue with -- HolmesJunior 313 -- Notes 341 -- Index 383.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	00068945
ISBN	0521560268 (hbk.)

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