Ebook: On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling
Author: Dirda Michael, Doyle Arthur Conan
- Tags: Art appreciation, Authors English, Authors English--19th century, Authors English--20th century, Criticism interpretation etc., Biographies, Doyle Arthur Conan -- 1859-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation, Doyle Arthur Conan -- 1859-1930 -- Appreciation, Authors English -- 19th century -- Biography, Authors English -- 20th century -- Biography, Doyle Arthur Conan -- 1859-1930, Doyle Arthur Conan -- Criticism and interpretation
- Series: Writers on writers
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Oxfordshire Princeton University Press
- City: Princeton;N.J. Woodstock
- Language: English
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A passionate lifelong fan of the Sherlock Holmes adventures, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a member of The Baker Street Irregulars - the most famous and romantic of all Sherlockian groups. Combining memoir and appreciation, On Conan Doyle is a highly engaging personal introduction to Holmes's creator, as well as a rare insider's account of the curiously delightful activities and playful scholarship of The Baker Street Irregulars. On Conan Doyle is a much-needed celebration of Arthur Conan Doyle's genius for every kind of storytelling.;Preface "You know my methods, Watson" -- "A hound it was" -- "Elementary" -- "A most dark and sinister business" -- "The lost world" -- "Twilight tales" -- "Steel true, blade straight" -- "I hear of Sherlock everywhere" -- "It is the unofficial force" -- "I play the game for the game's own sake" -- "A case for Langdale Pike" -- "A series of tales" -- "Good night, Mister Sherlock Holmes" -- Appendix "Education never ends, Watson".
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