Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation / / Peter Gibian [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Gibian Peter <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 398 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 818/.309 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Conversation - History - 19th century Table-talk - History - 19th century Conversation in literature Dialogue in literature |
ISBN |
1-107-11305-9
1-280-15310-5 0-511-11636-5 0-511-05342-8 0-511-15352-X 0-511-30348-3 0-511-48550-6 0-511-01763-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Oliver Wendell Holmes & the Culture of Conversation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449755003321 |
Gibian Peter <1952-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation / / Peter Gibian [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Gibian Peter <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 398 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 818/.309 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Conversation - History - 19th century Table-talk - History - 19th century Conversation in literature Dialogue in literature |
ISBN |
1-107-11305-9
1-280-15310-5 0-511-11636-5 0-511-05342-8 0-511-15352-X 0-511-30348-3 0-511-48550-6 0-511-01763-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Oliver Wendell Holmes & the Culture of Conversation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783025203321 |
Gibian Peter <1952-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation / / Peter Gibian |
Autore | Gibian Peter <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 398 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 818/.309 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Conversation - History - 19th century Table-talk - History - 19th century Conversation in literature Dialogue in literature |
ISBN |
1-107-11305-9
1-280-15310-5 0-511-11636-5 0-511-05342-8 0-511-15352-X 0-511-30348-3 0-511-48550-6 0-511-01763-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825694403321 |
Gibian Peter <1952-> | ||
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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