Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts) - Hardcover

McCaw, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1538123150 ISBN 13: 9781538123157

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes contains a variety of information about Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, as both narratives and also cultural phenomena. The volume will help readers look deeper into those stories and the meanings of the various reference points within them, as well as achieving a deeper understanding of the range of contexts of Holmes, Conan Doyle, and detective fiction as a genre. This book examines the broad global Sherlock Holmes phenomenon related to the ways in which the stories have been adapted into a range of other media, as well as the cultural status of Holmes all over the world.

Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries that contain detailed examinations of the themes and features of the 60 stories that make up the Sherlock Holmes canon. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.

About this title

About the Author

Neil McCaw is Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538123150
• ISBN 13: 9781538123157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 450