Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes

Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes
Neil McCaw
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1 Mar 2022 US
9781538169506
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Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes contains a variety of information about Arthur Conan Doyle' s Sherlock Holmes stories, as both narratives and also cultural phenomena. The volume will help readers look deeper into those stories and the meanings of the various reference points within them, as well as achieving a deeper understanding of the range of contexts of Holmes, Conan Doyle, and detective fiction as a genre. This book examines the broad global Sherlock Holmes phenomenon related to the ways in which the stories have been adapted into a range of other media, as well as the cultural status of Holmes all over the world. Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries that contain detailed examinations of the themes and features of the 60 stories that make up the Sherlock Holmes canon. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Arthur Conan Doyle' s Sherlock Holmes stories.
Professor McCaw, who teaches Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Winchester, has just produced an eminently readable compendium on ' the most portrayed human character' [Guinness World Records, 2012, quoted p. xiii]. The ' Dictionary' proper, organised in the classic A-Z way, is accompanied by an academic critical apparatus of the highest interest, the most innovative element being the 13-page ' Introduction' which strives to discover and explain why Sherlock Holmes ' has transcended his stories and taken on a life of its own' [2]. -- "Cercles"
Neil McCaw is Professor of Victorian Literature & Culture at the University of Winchester. He has published widely on various aspects of the C19th, crime and detective fiction, adaptation, the Digital Humanities, and television and film adaptation. He has been the Academic Director of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Lancelyn Green Bequest, one of the largest Holmes/Conan Doyle archives in the world, since 2005.
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ISBN-13: 9781538169506
Published: 1 Mar 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Paperback
Height: 230mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 667g
Pages: 450

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