An edition of The imaginative prose of Oliver Wendell Holmes (2006)
The imaginative prose of Oliver Wendell Holmes
By Michael A. Weinstein
Publish Date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri Press,University of Missouri
Language
eng
Pages
216
Description:
"Explication of Holmes's didactic works, including A Mortal Antipathy and Over the Teacups, which substantiates Holmes as a serious writer of the New England Renaissance whose ideology of self-determination as an American value is as relevant to modern society as it was to the agrarian and industrial societies he addressed"--Provided by publisher.
subjects: American Didactic literature, Autonomy (Psychology) in literature, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Holmes, oliver wendell, 1809-1894, Didactic literature, history and criticism, Physicians, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, History, 19th Century, Medicine in Literature, Personal Autonomy, History