Gender and the Modern Sherlock Holmes
From his 1887 literary debut to his many film and television adaptations, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s Sherlock Holmes has lost none of his appeal. Besides Holmes himself, no character in Conan Doyle''s stories proves as interesting as the astute detective''s constant companion, Dr. Watson, who somehow seems both superfluous and essential. While Conan Doyle does not depict Holmes and Watson as equ...
From his 1887 literary debut to his many film and television adaptations, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s Sherlock Holmes has lost none of his appeal. Besides Holmes himself, no character in Conan Doyle''s stories proves as interesting as the astute detective''s constant companion, Dr. Watson, who somehow seems both superfluous and essential. While Conan Doyle does not depict Holmes and Watson as equ...