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Conan Doyle : writing, profession, and practice /

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From the early stories, to the great popular triumphs of the Sherlock Holmes tales and the Professor Challenger adventures the ambitious historical fiction, the campaigns against injustice, and the Spiritualist writings of his later years Conan Doyle produced a wealth of narratives. This text presen...

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Main Author: Kerr, Douglas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930 > Criticism and interpretation.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930
Doyle, Arthur Conan > 1859-1930
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Practice
  • Profession
  • 2. Sport
  • Sport and the nation
  • The straight left
  • A nation of amateurs
  • 3. Medicine
  • The statement of the case
  • The consultants
  • In general practice
  • The cold detective
  • 4. Science
  • The curious adventure in Berlin
  • Monsters and committees
  • Thinking like a scientist
  • 5. Law and Order
  • Crimes and punishments
  • Edaljiâ€?s eyes
  • 6. Army and Empire
  • Soldier boys
  • Army
  • Empire
  • 7. Spirit
  • Church
  • SpiritualismFairies
  • The new life
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z