Gestalt Shift in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Stories

Michael J. Crowe is the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. Professor Emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies and Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA. This is the eleventh book he has published and his second book on Sherlock Holmes.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Four Holmes Novels.- 3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892).- 4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894).- 5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905).- 6. His Last Bow (1917).- 7. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).- 8. Conclusion: The Sixty Holmes Stories.

“The Gestalt Shift in Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Stories should appeal to multiple audiences. Sherlock Holmes scholars and members of the general reading public who are Holmes fans may be the primary audience, but those working on science and literature, and historians of science, will also find the book to be of interest. … There is much to learn from Crowe’s book about the role of scientific thinking in the making of one of the most iconic literary figures of the modern world.” (Bernard Lightman, Isis, Vol. 110 (4), 2019)