The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essay collection → humorous essays → reflective essays → series of essays →
author	Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. →
authorFullName	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. →
containsElement	dialogue → philosophical reflection → poetry → social commentary →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstPublicationMedium	The Atlantic Monthly →
firstPublishedInPeriodical	The Atlantic Monthly →
followedBy	The Poet at the Breakfast-Table → The Professor at the Breakfast-Table →
genre	essay → humor → philosophical literature →
hasAuthorOccupation	essayist → physician → poet →
hasInfluenceOn	American essay tradition → conversational essay form →
hasMainCharacter	the Autocrat →
hasTheme	human nature → individualism → intellectual conversation → religion → science and faith →
isNotableFor	blend of humor and reflection → use of a boardinghouse as a microcosm of society →
language	English →
literaryForm	conversational essays →
literaryMovement	19th-century American literature →
literaryStyle	anecdotal → discursive → witty →
narrativeMode	first-person →
originalAudience	readers of The Atlantic Monthly →
originalPublicationDecade	1850s →
originalPublicationLanguage	English →
partOfSeriesByAuthor	Breakfast-Table series →
periodicalDebut	The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1 →
placeOfAuthorBirth	Boston, Massachusetts →
publisherOfBookEdition	Ticknor and Fields →
setting	boardinghouse breakfast table →
timePeriodOfSetting	19th century →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. → Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ("The Professor at the Breakfast-Table") → Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ("The Poet at the Breakfast-Table") → Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. →	notableWork
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table ("The Professor at the Breakfast-Table") → The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table ("The Poet at the Breakfast-Table") →	followedBy
The Autocrat →	appearsIn
Breakfast-Table series →	firstWorkInSeries
Breakfast-Table series →	includesWork
Ticknor and Fields →	publishedWork
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. →	wrote