Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century

The late Lynnette Porter was a professor in the Humanities and Communication Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She wrote extensively on television and film.

“An enjoyable collection”—Mythlore.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: In Search of the Real Sherlock Holmes      1. The Noble Bachelor and the Crooked Man: Subtext and Sexuality in the BBC’s SherlockCARLEN LAVIGNE      2. Sex and the Single SleuthANISSA M. GRAHAM and JENNIFER C. GARLEN      3. “Bromance is so Bromance is so passé”: Robert Downey, Jr.’s Queer ParatextsKAYLEY THOMAS      4. The Watson Effect: Civilizing the SociopathAPRIL TOADVINE      5. “Don’t Make People into Heroes, John”: (Re/De) Constructing the Detective as HeroFRANCESCA M. MARINARO and KAYLEY THOMAS      6. Making the Transition: The Modern Adaptation and Recreation of the Scientist Detective HeroANA E. LA PAZ      7. A Singular Case of Identity: Holmesian ShapeshiftingRHONDA HARRIS TAYLOR      8. The Process of Elimination: The Americanization of Sherlock HolmesLYNNETTE PORTER      9. The “Great Game” of Information: The BBC’s Digital NativeRHONDA HARRIS TAYLOR      10. Detecting the Technocratic DetectiveSVETLANA BOCHMAN      11. Investigating Victorian Propriety in Money MattersSVETLANA BOCHMAN      12. Welcome to London: The Role of the Cinematic TouristLYNNETTE PORTER      13. True to Their Victorian Roots: The House of SilkLYNNETTE PORTER      14. Bookends of the Great Detective’s Life: Neil Gaiman’s Award-Winning PastichesLYNNETTE PORTER      About the Contributors      Index