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Author:   Lynnette Porter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786468409

ISBN 10:   0786468408
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   13 August 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction: In Search of the Real Sherlock Holmes      1. The Noble Bachelor and the Crooked Man: Subtext and Sexuality in the BBC’s Sherlock CARLEN LAVIGNE      2. Sex and the Single Sleuth ANISSA M. GRAHAM and JENNIFER C. GARLEN      3. “Bromance is so Bromance is so passé”: Robert Downey, Jr.’s Queer Paratexts KAYLEY THOMAS      4. The Watson Effect: Civilizing the Sociopath APRIL TOADVINE      5. “Don’t Make People into Heroes, John”: (Re/De) Constructing the Detective as Hero FRANCESCA M. MARINARO and KAYLEY THOMAS      6. Making the Transition: The Modern Adaptation and Recreation of the Scientist Detective Hero ANA E. LA PAZ      7. A Singular Case of Identity: Holmesian Shapeshifting RHONDA HARRIS TAYLOR      8. The Process of Elimination: The Americanization of Sherlock Holmes LYNNETTE PORTER      9. The “Great Game” of Information: The BBC’s Digital Native RHONDA HARRIS TAYLOR      10. Detecting the Technocratic Detective SVETLANA BOCHMAN      11. Investigating Victorian Propriety in Money Matters SVETLANA BOCHMAN      12. Welcome to London: The Role of the Cinematic Tourist LYNNETTE PORTER      13. True to Their Victorian Roots: The House of Silk LYNNETTE PORTER      14. Bookends of the Great Detective’s Life: Neil Gaiman’s Award-Winning Pastiches LYNNETTE PORTER      About the Contributors      Index     

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"""An enjoyable collection""--Mythlore."

An enjoyable collection --Mythlore.

An enjoyable collection --<i>Mythlore</i>.

Author Information

The late Lynnette Porter was a professor in the Humanities and Communication Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She wrote extensively on television and film.

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