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The secret marriage of Sherlock Holmes, and other eccentric readings / Michael Atkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atkinson, Michael, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holmes, Sherlock.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Characters--Sherlock Holmes.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Private investigators in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Applies a range of postmodern literary approaches to Conan Doyle's classic stories
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE ""The Red-Headed League: READING HOLMES WITH A HOLMESIAN EYE ; CHAPTER TWO THE SUBTLE SERPENT IN 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band""; CHAPTER THREE 'A Scandal in Bohemia*: VIRGINITY PRESERVED AND THE SECRET MARRIAGE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (WITH A CODA ON POE'S 'The Purloined Letter""); CHAPTER FOUR PSYCHOLOGIZING THE TEXT OF A Study in Scarlet: REPRESSION AND THE TEXTUAL UNCONSCIOUS; CHAPTER FIVE SMALL CHANGE: MONEY AND TRANSFORMATION IN 'The Man with the Twisted Lip""
- CHAPTER SIX SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE EMPIRICAL IMAGINATION 'A Case of Identity"" CHAPTER SEVEN A SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND THE ELUSIVE WOMAN IN 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches""; CHAPTER EIGHT STAGING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE AESTHETICS OF ABSENCE IN ""The Final Problem"" ; CHAPTER NINE ENVOI: THE ICONOCLASTIC DETECTIVE: OVERREADING ""The Adventure of the Six Napoleons""; Critical Appendix; Notes; Works Cited
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42347-9
- 9786612423475
- 0-472-02235-0
- OCLC:
- 824099925
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