Sherlock Holmes in Context

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations, in a contemporary cultural context. This collection is prompted by three main and related questions: firstly, why is Sherlock Holmes such an enduring and ubiquitous cultural icon;

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Utgivningsdatum2017-03-24
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCrime Files
Antal sidor206
Upplaga17001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137555946

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Introduction.- Chapter 1. “All that Matters is the Work”; Ann McClellan.- Chapter 2. Clients who disappear and colleagues who cannot compete; Benedick Turner.- Chapter 3. “I, Too, Mourn the Loss"; Charlotte Beyer.- Chapter 4. The Trickster, Remixed: Sherlock Holmes as Master of Disguise; Benjamin Poore.- Chapter 5. Holmes and his Boswell in Cosplay and Roleplay; Lynn Duffy.- Chapter 6. A “Horrific Breakdown of Reason”; Sam Naidu.- Chapter 7. Sherlock Holmes and the Fiction of Agency; Martin Wagner. Chapter 8. The Savage Subtext of The Hound of the Baskervilles; David Grylls.- Chapter 9. Holmes into Challenger.; Douglas Kerr.- Chapter 10. Modernising Holmes; Emily Garside.

"This was a very strong collection of essays, which were engagingly written, thought provoking and stimulating. They follow on well from one another, with essays often picking up similar themes from the previous one but discussing them in a different way. ... I definitely recommend this collection for fans of Sherlock Holmes ... ." (crossexaminingcrime, crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com, May, 2017)