Sign of the Four
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir; Reitz, Caroline; Jones, Darryl
ISBN 10: 0198862121 ISBN 13: 9780198862123
Editorial: Oxford University Press, 2023
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A classic mystery involving a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog, and a love affair A new edition of the second novel to feature Sherlock Holmes, in which almost all the elements now associated with the detective - a foggy and labyrinthine London, the emphasis on science, the drug use - are already present A pacy plot embedded in nineteenth-century cultural debates about imperialism, urbanization, scientific advance, and changing gender roles New to this Edition: New critical notes elucidate the contemporary scientific and criminological contexts The updated bibliography encompasses the substantial expansion of Doyle studies in recent years A new introduction explores the novel's historical and literary context and contemporary developments in literary form
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Caroline Reitz is Associate Professor of English literature at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She specializes in Victorian literature and culture as well as contemporary female detective fiction and is co-editor of Dickens Studies Annual. She is the author of Detecting the Nation: Fictions of Detection and the Imperial Venture (2004) and numerous journal articles and chapters.
Darryl Jones (General Editor) is Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, where he teaches nineteenth-century literature and popular fiction. He is the author or editor of ten books, including the Oxford World Classics editions of M. R. James's Collected Ghost Stories, Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales, H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau, as well as Horror: A Very Short Introduction.
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Título: Sign of the Four
Editorial: Oxford University Press
Año de publicación: 2023
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Condición: good