Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the head readers

• Verfasst von: Finger, Stanley [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the head readers
• Titelzusatz: literature, humor, and faddish phrenology
• Verf.angabe: Stanley Finger (Washington University, St. Louis)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xviii, 346 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 318-338
• ISBN: 978-1-009-30129-9
• Schlagwörter: (p)Holmes, Oliver Wendell / (s)Kraniologie / (s)Motiv
• Schlagwörter: (p)Twain, Mark / (s)Kraniologie / (s)Motiv
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1823218199

Abstract

"Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes had lifelong interests in phrenology. Their writings, often humorous, reflect their negative opinions of the head readers and craniology, but not phrenology's other tenets. This book shows how great literature can shed light on the science and medicine of the past"--