Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces – Volume 1 - 2nd Edition - Paperback

Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces – Volume 1 (2nd Edition) is written by David MacGregor. This edition is published in paperback format.

Key details

• Author: David MacGregor
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Format: Paperback
• Extent: 378 pages
• ISBN: 9781804245927
• Also available in hardback

Synopsis

Taking in three centuries of response to Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation, this volume considers how Sherlock Holmes has been repeatedly hailed as “definitive” through markedly different screen and stage interpretations, from William Gillette and Basil Rathbone to Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch. A foreword by Sherlockian writer Roger Johnson frames a study that follows both the character’s changing image and the audience that formed around him.

Drawing on contemporaneous accounts and reviews, the book examines the forces that helped transform Holmes from a figure in detective stories into something larger: a genre, an industry, and a global phenomenon. It is positioned for readers with an interest in Sherlock Holmes history and the development of fandom.

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