The secret marriage of Sherlock Holmes, and other eccentric readings /

Applies a range of postmodern literary approaches to Conan Doyle's classic stories.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Atkinson, Michael, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1996]
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Table of 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