Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Willing Servant to an Unknown God

ISBN-13: 9781108475952 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 222 str.

Catharine Wells

Opis

Challenges much of the conventional wisdom about Holmes, exploring his identity through his nineteenth-century social and intellectual context.

Recenzje

'Professor Wells skillfully and knowledgeably portrays Holmes, his life, and the influences upon him, in their complex entirety. She takes us through Civil War combat into science, religion, philosophy, and law. Weaving them together, Holmes is renewed as a compelling standard for the continuing challenge to our national intelligence and purpose.' Frederick Kellogg, George Washington University

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Soldier's Faith: Prologue: Memorial Day, 1884; 1. Our comfortable routine; 2. War is horrible and dull; 3. The great chorus of life and joy begins again; 4. For the Puritan still lives in New England, Thank God!; Part II. The Journey to the Pole: Commencement speech: Brown University, 1897; 5. A black and frozen night; 6. The loneliness of original work; 7. The master of himself; Epilogue: the consummation.