Character Migration: the Case of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous character Sherlock Holmes continues to re-appear in novels right up to our own day. Some of these authors in the course of their stories also try to explain Holmes’s eccentric psychology at the same time. Others concentrate on introducing those modern social sensibili...

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Main Author: Nicholas TUCKER
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2015-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/4682
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description Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous character Sherlock Holmes continues to re-appear in novels right up to our own day. Some of these authors in the course of their stories also try to explain Holmes’s eccentric psychology at the same time. Others concentrate on introducing those modern social sensibilities felt to be lacking in some of the original stories. A third group speculates what might have happened to Holmes in old age while a fourth takes the opportunity to criticise both Holmes and his methods. Each approach tells us much about the authors involved and their own values. But do any of their stories actually advance our understanding of Sherlock Holmes himself?
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Character Migration: the Case of Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes
migrations
armchair psychologists
future speculators
social rewriters
critics
title Character Migration: the Case of Sherlock Holmes
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title_full_unstemmed Character Migration: the Case of Sherlock Holmes
title_short Character Migration: the Case of Sherlock Holmes
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topic Sherlock Holmes
migrations
armchair psychologists
future speculators
social rewriters
critics
url https://journals.openedition.org/erea/4682
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