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Sherlock and Moriarty, a violent game of chess
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/buE_jLEZrf4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></frame> Last week we got to witness the beginnings of a modern sherlock and the announcement of a new player called moriarty, i felt it only natural that my link for this week … Continue reading
Searcher: The History of The Detective Novel
After reading and discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel “A Study in Scarlet”, the topic of the origins of the detective novel and how it may have influenced the culture of the 19th century became something interesting to me. So, … Continue reading
(Searchers) Elementary TV show
I’ve heard a lot about BBC’s Sherlock series, but I just learned today that there’s now an American series, too. CBS premiered Elementary last month, which features Lucy Liu as the Watson character (Joan Watson). Like Sherlock, Elementary is set … Continue reading
Searcher: Holmes on tv
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024625/plotsummary Apparently there’s a collection of short films (I think) called “A Study in Scarlet” that features Sherlock Holmes as the main character. However, some of the shorts are related to the novel and some aren’t. I’m curious to see … Continue reading
Searcher: Gizmodo Article
This article I found discusses how a Stanford professor proves that analyzing literary data via distant reading can be beneficial in a higher sense than actually reading the book. As we are approaching our “how not to read” … Continue reading
Searchers: Parlor Play
While searching I came upon a supposed version of Lady Audley’s adapted to work within a single scene and performed by university students. It seems a rather humorous a rendition but that can be attributed to the reactions observed … Continue reading
Monomania as insanity in Lady Audley
While searching for related material, I ran across this interesting essay-like analysis of Lady Audley’s character and the psychiatric concept of monomania. Greek, “monos”, meaning one, and “mania”, which literally translates to mania in English, is a single, focused obsession … Continue reading
(Searchers) Another Example of Sensation Novels
I find this genre kind of interesting, so I thought I’d look for some other examples of it. The name Wilkie Collins keeps popping up when I search for anything related to Lady Audley’s Secret. He seems to be considered the master of … Continue reading
Searcher Lady Audley’s Secret TV show
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228502/ Here is a link to a web page I found about the Tv show for Lady Audley’s Secret. I find this intriguing, the media industry seems to do a lot of tv shows and movies based off of books, but are any … Continue reading
Searcher: Mary Braddon Drew Inspiration from Her Own Life?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/aug/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview14 In this article, a fellow reader of british literature talks about Mary Braddon’s “Lady Audley’s Secret” and what she noticed as many similarities between Mary Braddon’s dramatically eventful life and the themes present in her book. Since we’ve been … Continue reading