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There are 5 critical essays on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..
Critical Essays on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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 Critical Essay by Miriam Rossiter Small
12,276 words, approx. 41 pages
 In the following essay, Small analyzes the various pieces that make up the Breakfast-Table series. In each, Holmes created a different main character in order to emphasize and illustrate various issues in society that concerned him.
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Critical Essay by David D. Yuan
8,128 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Yuan analyzes Holmes's main work on disability and prosthetics and considers his philosophy that disabled citizens be rehabilitated and assimilated back into society.
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Critical Essay by Len Gougeon
7,419 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Gougeon examines Holmes's attempt in his biography, Ralph Waldo Emerson, to make Emerson into an icon of cultural conservatism.
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Critical Essay by Anne Dalke
4,945 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Dalke examines Holmes's intent in Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny, in which he argues that human beings cannot be held accountable for misdeeds because of their heredity.
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Critical Essay by John Martin
2,018 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following essay, Martin compares Holmes's life and writing with that of his contemporaries and fellow New Englanders, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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