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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Holmes, Sherlock"”.
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Sherlock Holmes & Hercule Poirot: Analysation, similarities and differences
Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are two of the world’s most famous, well known and well-loved detectives. Their stories have been translated into many languages and have been made into many television series and movies. Both stories are famous for their characters and cleaver plots. Both being …
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The Many Disguises of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Doyle (Sherlock Holmes, Fairies, and the Symbolist Movements in Art and Literature)
While fairies and Sherlock Holmes may not seem to have much in common, both were thought to be real by many Victorians. Most people are unaware that in addition to the Sherlock Holmes series, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote what he considered a non-fiction book expressing his belief in supernatural …
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Gender and Genre in 21st Century Visions of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most-adapted characters in literature since his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. Each new adaptation must offer innovations that bring freshness and contemporary appeal to time-worn stories and concepts or risk …
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Detecting Masculinity: The Positive Masculine Qualities of Fictional Detectives.
… four detectives, each from a different era. Sherlock Holmes lives to solve problems. His primary function is to solve a riddle. Lord Peter Wimsey takes on the moral question of why anyone should detect at all. His stories involve the difficulty of justifying putting oneself in the morally …