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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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table canonical 9
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table 2
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table 2

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humorous essays ⓘ
reflective essays ⓘ
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author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ
authorFullName Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
containsElement dialogue ⓘ
philosophical reflection ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationMedium The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ
firstPublishedInPeriodical The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
surface form: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1
placeOfAuthorBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
publisherOfBookEdition Ticknor and Fields ⓘ
setting boardinghouse breakfast table ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century ⓘ

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