Mazzeno The Critical Reception of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes and Beyond
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80010-256-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 79, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Literary Criticism in Perspective

Examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their adaptations, and also attending to the wide range of his published work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazzeno, Laurence W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes on Usage and Documentation

Introduction: The Complicated Afterlives of Doyle and Holmes

1: The Emergence of a Popular Writer (1879-1900)

2: New Ventures (1901-1930)

3: Decades of Critical Neglect (1931-1970)

4: Traditional Readings, New Theoretical Critiques (1971-1990)

5: Achieving Respectability among Critics (1991-2000)

6: Twenty-First Century Critiques I (2001-2010)

7: Twenty-First Century Critiques II (2011-2020)

8: Future Directions

Appendix: Sherlockian Scholarship and Activities
Chronological List of Arthur Conan Doyle's Major Publications
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mazzeno Laurence W.:
LAURENCE W. MAZZENO is President Emeritus of Alvernia University.