Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 252 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The case of Sherlock Holmes uncovers what is untold, partly told, wrongly told, or deliberately concealed in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes saga. This engaging study uses a scholarly approach, combining close reading with historicism, to read the stories afresh, sceptically probing Dr Watson's narratives and Holmes's often barely credible solutions. Drawing on Victorian and Edwardian history, Conan Doyle's life and works, and Doyle's literary sources, the book offers new insights into the Holmes stories and reveals what they say about money, class, family, sex, race, war, and secrecy"--Publisher's website.

Subject

1. Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
2. Holmes, Sherlock
3. Watson, John H (Fictitious character)
4. Deception in literature
5. Secrecy in literature
6. Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 > Characters > Sherlock Holmes
7. Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 > Criticism and interpretation
8. Criticism, interpretation, etc
9. Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Call number

1. JFE 18-9892

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index.

Author

1. Glazzard, Andrew, 1970- author.

Title

1. The case of Sherlock Holmes : secrets and lies in Conan Doyle's detective fiction / Andrew Glazzard.

Publisher

1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index.

ISBN

1. 1474431291 hardcover
2. 9781474431293 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 18-9892