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001 2012026506
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008 120713s2012 ncu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780786468409 (softcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPN1995.9.S5$bS54 2012
082 00 $a791.43/651$223
245 00 $aSherlock Holmes for the 21st century :$bessays on new adaptations /$cedited by Lynnette Porter.
246 30 $aSherlock Holmes for the twenty-first century
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2012.
263 $a1208
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Holmes and Watson are more popular than ever. Adaptations describe him as tech savvy, scientifically detached, even psychologically aberrant; he has been romantically linked to The Woman and bromantically to Watson. These 14 essays analyze Sherlock Holmes as a cultural icon and explain why he is destined to be a beloved if controversial character for years to come"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: in search of the real Sherlock Holmes -- The noble bachelor and the crooked man: subtext and sexuality in the BBC's Sherlock / Carlen Lavigne -- Sex and the single sleuth / Anissa M. Graham and Jennifer C. Garlen -- "Bromance is so passe": Robert Downey, Jr.'s queer paratexts / Kayley Thomas --The Watson effect: civilizing the sociopath / April Toadvine -- "Don't make people into heroes, John": (re/de)constructing the detective as hero / Francesca M. Marinaro and Kayley Thomas -- Making the transition: the modern adaptation and recreation of the scientist detective hero / Ana E. La Paz --A singular case of identity: Holmesian shapeshifting / Rhonda Harris Taylor -- The process of elimination: the Americanization of Sherlock Holmes / Lynnette Porter -- The "great game" of information: the BBC's digital native / Rhonda Harris Taylor -- Detecting the technocratic detective / Svetlana Bochman -- Investigating Victorian propriety in money matters / Svetlana Bochman -- Welcome to London: the role of the cinematic tourist / Lynnette Porter -- True to their Victorian roots: The house of silk / Lynnette Porter -- Bookends of the great detective's life: Neil Gaiman's award-winning pastiches / Lynnette Porter.
650 0 $aSherlock Holmes films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSherlock Holmes television programs$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aDoyle, Arthur Conan,$cSir,$d1859-1930$xCharacters$xSherlock Holmes.
600 10 $aDoyle, Arthur Conan,$cSir,$d1859-1930$vFilm adaptations.
650 0 $aHolmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
650 0 $aHolmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) in mass media.
700 1 $aPorter, Lynnette R.,$d1957-