Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture

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

Autorentext

Lucyna Krawczyk-ywko 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.

Inhalt

1. Beyond Sherlock Holmes: An Introduction (Lucyna Krawczyk-ywko).- 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).