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Screening Sherlock

A Cultural History of the Great Detective on Film and Television

by James Chapman

Type
Studies
Subject
GenreMystery
Keywords
detective films, crime films, characters
Publishing date
2025 (February 18, 2025)
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Collection
Multiplexities
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Hardcover • 368 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)
ISBN
978-1-5261-7663-9
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Book Presentation:
Screening Sherlock is the first book-length academic study of the film and television career of the most famous detective in fiction. Chapman explores the contexts, adaptation strategies and critical reception of Sherlock Holmes (and Dr Watson) on film and television in Britain and the United States. The book includes case studies of such famous Holmes impersonators as William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as charting a path through many lesser-known productions. From early cinema to the Hollywood studio system, and from heritage drama to contemporary postmodern television, Screening Sherlock is an indispensible work for all aficionados of Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective of Baker Street.

About the Author:
James Chapman is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester

See the publisher website: Manchester University Press

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