Historical Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes

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.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword

Preface

Chronology

Introduction

The Dictionary

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

Neil McCaw is Professor of Victorian Literature & Culture at the University of Winchester. He has published widely on various aspects of the C19th, crime and detective fiction, adaptation, the Digital Humanities, and television and film adaptation. He has been the Academic Director of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Lancelyn Green Bequest, one of the largest Holmes/Conan Doyle archives in the world, since 2005.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Neil McCaw
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781538123157
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2315-7
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; English, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides