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Canada and the United States


Peter Gibian. Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation. (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2001. Pp. xi, 398. $74.95.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (senior, not junior) has for some time now been relegated to the stale bin of the genteel tradition. The "Breakfast Table" series, his best-known works, now lie unread, dismissed as thin, ephemeral, and all-too-often cloying prose. His philosophy is seen as soggy idealism, sadly wanting some of his jurist son's tough mindedness. Holmes senior's light touch is perceived only to have hidden—and not very well at that—his patriarchal streak. In recent years, only his medical commentary has earned any respect. . . .
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