Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation /

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"Peter Gibian explores the key role played by Oliver Wendell Holmes in what was known as America's "Age of Conversation." Holmes was both a model and an analyst of the dynamic conversational form that became central to many areas of mid-nineteenth-century life. His multi-voiced w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibian, Peter, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Colección:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
Temas:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > 1809-1894 > Criticism and interpretation.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > 1809-1894
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (Schriftsteller)
1800-1899
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Conversation > History > 19th century.
Table-talk > History > 19th century.
Conversation in literature.
Dialogue in literature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Conversation > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Propos familiers > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Conversation dans la littérature.
Dialogue dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Conversation
Conversation in literature
Dialogue in literature
Literature and society
Table-talk
Konversation
Conversatie.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Opening the Conversation
  • The Conversation of a culture: strange powers of speech
  • Holmes in the conversation of his culture
  • "To change the order of conversation": interruption and vocal diversity in Holmes' American talk
  • "Collisions of Discourse" I: The Electrodynamics of Conversation: A carnival of verbal fireworks
  • "Collisions of Discourse" II: Electric and Ocaenic "Currents" In Conversation: The cultural work of Holmesian talk
  • A Conversational Approach To Truth: the Doctor in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers
  • Conversation and "Therapeutic Nihilism": the Doctor in dialogue with contemporary medicine
  • The Self In Conversation: the Doctor in dialogue with contemporary psychology
  • The Two Poles 0f Conversation
  • The Bipolar Dynamices of Holmes' Household Dialogues: levity and gravity
  • Holmes' House Divided: house-keeping and house-breaking
  • "Cutting off the Communication": fixations and falls for the walled-in-self- Holmes in dialogue with Sterne, Dickens, and Melville
  • Breaking the House of Romance: Holmes in dialogue with Hawthorne
  • Closing the Conversation
  • Conclusion: Holmes Senior in dialogue with Holmes Junior.

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