Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes

By:

Neil McCaw

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

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Description

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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

March 1st, 2022

Author

Neil McCaw

Series

Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Pages

450

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs

Dimensions

153x230x33

ISBN-13

9781538169506

Product ID

35601985

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