Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the head readers : literature, humor, and faddish phrenology / Stanley Finger, Washington University, St. Louis.

"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...

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Main Author: Finger, Stanley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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505 0 |a The birth of a controversial doctrine -- Coming to America -- Skeptical in Hannibal -- The river, the West, and phrenology abroad -- Mark Twain's "small test" -- Tom, Huck, and the head readers -- More head readings and a phrenological farewell -- Young Holmes and phrenology in Boston -- An American in Paris -- Quackery and Holmes's head reading -- Holmes's professor on "bumpology" -- Holmes's "medicated novels" -- Mr. Clemens and Dr. Holmes -- Phrenology assessed. 
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