Oliver Wendell Holmes and the culture of conversation / Peter Gibian.

"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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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Gibian, Peter, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
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Genre:Electronic books.