Peter Gibian
Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation
Peter Gibian
Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation
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Gibian explores the role played by Oliver Wendell Holmes in the Victorian culture of conversation in America.
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Gibian explores the role played by Oliver Wendell Holmes in the Victorian culture of conversation in America.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 412
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
- Gewicht: 819g
- ISBN-13: 9780521560269
- ISBN-10: 0521560268
- Artikelnr.: 22761634
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 412
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
- Gewicht: 819g
- ISBN-13: 9780521560269
- ISBN-10: 0521560268
- Artikelnr.: 22761634
Peter Gibian is Associate Professor of English at McGill University, Montréal.
Part I. Opening the Conversation: 1. The conversation of a culture: strange
powers of speech; Part II. Holmes in the Conversation of his Culture: 2.
'To change the order of conversation'; 3. 'Collisions of discourse' I: the
electrodynamics of conversation; 4. 'Collisions of discourse' II: electric
and oceanic currents of conversation; 5. A conversational approach to
truth: the doctor in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers; 6.
Conversation and 'therapeutic nihilism': the doctor in dialogue with
contemporary medicine; 7. The self in conversation: the doctor in dialogue
with contemporary psychology; Part III. The Two Poles of Conversation: 8.
The bipolar dynamics of Holmes' household dialogues: levity and gravity; 9.
Holmes' house divided: house-keeping and house-breaking; 10. 'Cutting off
the communication': fixations and falls for the walled-in self: Holmes in
dialogue with Sterne, Dickens, and Melville; 11. Breaking the house of
romance: Holmes in dialogue with Hawthorne; Part IV. Closing the
Conversation: 12. Conclusions: Holmes Senior in dialogue with Holmes
Junior.
powers of speech; Part II. Holmes in the Conversation of his Culture: 2.
'To change the order of conversation'; 3. 'Collisions of discourse' I: the
electrodynamics of conversation; 4. 'Collisions of discourse' II: electric
and oceanic currents of conversation; 5. A conversational approach to
truth: the doctor in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers; 6.
Conversation and 'therapeutic nihilism': the doctor in dialogue with
contemporary medicine; 7. The self in conversation: the doctor in dialogue
with contemporary psychology; Part III. The Two Poles of Conversation: 8.
The bipolar dynamics of Holmes' household dialogues: levity and gravity; 9.
Holmes' house divided: house-keeping and house-breaking; 10. 'Cutting off
the communication': fixations and falls for the walled-in self: Holmes in
dialogue with Sterne, Dickens, and Melville; 11. Breaking the house of
romance: Holmes in dialogue with Hawthorne; Part IV. Closing the
Conversation: 12. Conclusions: Holmes Senior in dialogue with Holmes
Junior.
Part I. Opening the Conversation: 1. The conversation of a culture: strange
powers of speech; Part II. Holmes in the Conversation of his Culture: 2.
'To change the order of conversation'; 3. 'Collisions of discourse' I: the
electrodynamics of conversation; 4. 'Collisions of discourse' II: electric
and oceanic currents of conversation; 5. A conversational approach to
truth: the doctor in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers; 6.
Conversation and 'therapeutic nihilism': the doctor in dialogue with
contemporary medicine; 7. The self in conversation: the doctor in dialogue
with contemporary psychology; Part III. The Two Poles of Conversation: 8.
The bipolar dynamics of Holmes' household dialogues: levity and gravity; 9.
Holmes' house divided: house-keeping and house-breaking; 10. 'Cutting off
the communication': fixations and falls for the walled-in self: Holmes in
dialogue with Sterne, Dickens, and Melville; 11. Breaking the house of
romance: Holmes in dialogue with Hawthorne; Part IV. Closing the
Conversation: 12. Conclusions: Holmes Senior in dialogue with Holmes
Junior.
powers of speech; Part II. Holmes in the Conversation of his Culture: 2.
'To change the order of conversation'; 3. 'Collisions of discourse' I: the
electrodynamics of conversation; 4. 'Collisions of discourse' II: electric
and oceanic currents of conversation; 5. A conversational approach to
truth: the doctor in dialogue with contemporary truth-sayers; 6.
Conversation and 'therapeutic nihilism': the doctor in dialogue with
contemporary medicine; 7. The self in conversation: the doctor in dialogue
with contemporary psychology; Part III. The Two Poles of Conversation: 8.
The bipolar dynamics of Holmes' household dialogues: levity and gravity; 9.
Holmes' house divided: house-keeping and house-breaking; 10. 'Cutting off
the communication': fixations and falls for the walled-in self: Holmes in
dialogue with Sterne, Dickens, and Melville; 11. Breaking the house of
romance: Holmes in dialogue with Hawthorne; Part IV. Closing the
Conversation: 12. Conclusions: Holmes Senior in dialogue with Holmes
Junior.