The Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Sherlock Holmes Is The Most Famous Fictional Detective In History, With A Popularity That Has Never Waned Since Catching The Imagination Of His Late-victorian Readership. This Companion Explores Holmes' Popularity And His Complex Relationship To The Late-victorian And Modernist Periods; On One Hand Bearing The Imprint Of A Range Of Victorian Anxieties And Preoccupations, While On The Other Shaping Popular Conceptions Of Criminality, Deviance, And The Powers Of The Detective. This Collection Explores These Questions In Three Parts. 'contexts' Explores Late-victorian Culture, From The Emergence Of Detective Fiction To Ideas Of Evolution, Gender, And Englishness. 'case Studies' Reads Selected Holmes Adventures In The Context Of Empire, Visual Culture, And The Gothic. Finally, 'holmesian Afterlives' Investigates The Relationship Between Holmes And Literary Theory, Film And Theatre Adaptations, New Holmesian Novels, And The Fandom That Now Surrounds Him. -- Publisher's Description Holmes And The History Of Detective Fiction / Merrick Burrow -- Doyle, Holmes And Victorian Publishing / Clare Clarke -- Doyle, Holmes And London / Stephen Knight -- Englishness And Rural England / Christine Berberich -- Gender And Sexuality In Holmes / Stacy Gillis -- Doyle And Evolution / Jonathan Cranfield -- Doyle And The Criminal Body / Stephan Karschay -- Holmes, Law And Order / Jeremy Tambling -- The Empires Of A Study In Scarlet And The Sign Of Four / Caroline Reitz -- Sidney Paget And Visual Culture In The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes / Christopher Pittard -- Gothic Returns: The Hound Of The Baskervilles / Janice M. Allan -- Holmes And Literary Theory / Bran Nicol -- Adapting Holmes / Neil Mccaw -- Neo-holmesian Fiction / Catherine Wynne -- Sherlockian Fandom / Roberta Pearson. Edited By Janice M. Allan & Christopher Pittard. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 243-257) And Index. Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective in history, with a popularity that has never waned since catching the imagination of his late-Victorian readership. This Companion explores Holmes' popularity and his complex relationship to the late-Victorian and modernist periods; on one hand bearing the imprint of a range of Victorian anxieties and preoccupations, while on the other shaping popular conceptions of criminality, deviance, and the powers of the detective. This collection explores these questions in three parts. 'Contexts' explores late-Victorian culture, from the emergence of detective fiction to ideas of evolution, gender, and Englishness. 'Case Studies' reads selected Holmes adventures in the context of empire, visual culture, and the gothic. Finally, 'Reinventions and Adaptations' investigates the relationship between Holmes and literary theory, film and theatre adaptations, new Holmesian novels, and the fandom that now surrounds him Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Textual Note Chronology 1 | Introduction Part I | Contexts 2 | Holmes and the History of Detective Fiction 3 | Doyle, Holmes and Victorian Publishing 4 | Doyle, Holmes and London 5 | Englishness and Rural England 6 | Gender and Sexuality in Holmes 7 | Doyle and Evolution 8 | Doyle and the Criminal Body 9 | Holmes, Law and Order Part II | Case Studies 10 | The Empires of A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four 11 | Sidney Paget and Visual Culture in the Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 12 | Gothic Returns: The Hound of the Baskervilles Part III | Holmesian Afterlives 13 | Holmes and Literary Theory 14 | Adapting Holmes 15 | Neo-Holmesian Fiction 16 | Sherlockian Fandom Further Reading Index Cambridge Companions To Literature - Series page This Companion is an accessible exploration of Sherlock Holmes and his relationship to late-Victorian culture as well as his significance and popularity. Readings of selected Holmes adventures explore the development of detective fiction and Victorian publishing alongside themes of gender, Englishness, law, criminality, adaptation and fandom.