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Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture: Beyond Sherlock Holmes

Editat de Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 dec 2017
In contrast to the main body of current Victorian detective criticism, which tends to concentrate on Conan Doyle’s creation and only uses other detectives as a backdrop, the texts gathered in this volume examine various contemporary ways of (re)presenting real and fictional detectives that originated in or are otherwise associated with that era: Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff, Inspector Reid, Tobias Gregson, Flaxman Low, and psychiatrists as detectives. Such a collection allows for a critical re-assessment of both the detectives’ importance to the Victorian literature and culture and provides a better basis for understanding the reasons behind their contemporary returns, re-imaginings and re-creations, contributing to the creation of a base for further cultural and critical works dealing with reworkings of the Victorian era.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319693101
ISBN-10: 3319693107
Pagini: 114
Ilustrații: XIII, 116 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Beyond Sherlock Holmes: An Introduction (Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko).- 2. Inspector Bucket: A Dickensian Detective (Justyna Jajszczok).- 3. Sergeant Cuff and Spectacles of Detective Intrusion in The Moonstone and Its Adaptations (Jacek Mydla).- 4. Edmund Reid and the Representation of the Middle Class in Ripper Street (Dorota Babilas).- 5. The Case of the Two Gregsons: From A Study in Scarlet to Elementary (Brigitta Hudácskó).- 6. Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist (Robert Perret).- 7. A Psychiatrist as a Detective: Laszlo Kreizler, Stratham Younger, and Max Liebermann (Barbara Braid).

Notă biografică

Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. Her main research area is contemporary reimaginings of Victorian villains and detectives, historic and fictional. She has published primarily on Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.

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In contrast to the main body of current Victorian detective criticism, which tends to concentrate on Conan Doyle’s creation and only uses other detectives as a backdrop, the texts gathered in this volume examine various contemporary ways of (re)presenting real and fictional detectives that originated in or are otherwise associated with that era: Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff, Inspector Reid, Tobias Gregson, Flaxman Low, and psychiatrists as detectives. Such a collection allows for a critical re-assessment of both the detectives’ importance to the Victorian literature and culture and provides a better basis for understanding the reasons behind their contemporary returns, re-imaginings and re-creations, contributing to the creation of a base for further cultural and critical works dealing with reworkings of the Victorian era.
Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. Her main research area is contemporary reimaginings of Victorian villains and detectives, historic and fictional. She has published primarily on Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.

Caracteristici

Shifts the focus on Victorian detectives from Sherlock Holmes to a variety of other popular figures that have received far less critical attention in the contemporary period Discusses both classic and lesser-known figures to detail the breadth of impact each has had on contemporary adaptation Offers insight into a variety of adaptations and types of legacies that the different figures have experienced, ranging from television to theater and beyond