An edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation
(2001)
Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation
by Peter Gibian
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation
2001, Cambridge University Press
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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