Full Description
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.
Contents
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).
