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020			_a9781316609590
082			_a823.8 ALL-J
100			_aedited by Allan, Janice M.
245			_aThe Cambridge companion to Sherlock Holmes / _cedited by Janice M. Allan and Christopher Pittard
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bCambridge University Press _c2019
300			_a261 p.
365			_aGBP _b14.99.
500			_aSherlock 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.
650			_aPrivate investigators in literature
650			_aDoyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
650			_aHolmes, Sherlock
650			_aDetective and mystery stories, English