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.
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.
List of illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Chronology Textual note 1. Introduction Janice M. Allan and Christopher Pittard Part I. Contexts: 2. Holmes and the history of detective fiction Merrick Burrow 3. Doyle, Holmes and Victorian publishing Clare Clarke 4. Doyle, Holmes and London Stephen Knight 5. Englishness and rural England Christine Berberich 6. Gender and sexuality in Holmes Stacy Gillis 7. Doyle and evolution Jonathan Cranfield 8. Doyle and the criminal body Stephan Karschay 9. Holmes, law and order Jeremy Tambling Part II. Case Studies: 10. The empires of A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Caroline Reitz 11. Sidney Paget and visual culture in The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Christopher Pittard 12. Gothic returns: The Hound of the Baskervilles Janice M. Allan Part III. Holmesian Afterlives: 13. Holmes and literary theory Bran Nicol 14. Adapting Holmes Neil McCaw 15. Neo-Holmesian fiction Catherine Wynne 16. Sherlockian fandom Roberta Pearson Further reading Index.
List of illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Chronology Textual note 1. Introduction Janice M. Allan and Christopher Pittard Part I. Contexts: 2. Holmes and the history of detective fiction Merrick Burrow 3. Doyle, Holmes and Victorian publishing Clare Clarke 4. Doyle, Holmes and London Stephen Knight 5. Englishness and rural England Christine Berberich 6. Gender and sexuality in Holmes Stacy Gillis 7. Doyle and evolution Jonathan Cranfield 8. Doyle and the criminal body Stephan Karschay 9. Holmes, law and order Jeremy Tambling Part II. Case Studies: 10. The empires of A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Caroline Reitz 11. Sidney Paget and visual culture in The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Christopher Pittard 12. Gothic returns: The Hound of the Baskervilles Janice M. Allan Part III. Holmesian Afterlives: 13. Holmes and literary theory Bran Nicol 14. Adapting Holmes Neil McCaw 15. Neo-Holmesian fiction Catherine Wynne 16. Sherlockian fandom Roberta Pearson Further reading Index.
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