| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018037329 |
| ISBN | 9781316609590 (softcover) |
| ISBN | 9781107155855 (hardcover) |
