SHERLOCK HOLMES
ENG 3080J
Writing and Rhetoric II
TBD
Instructor: M. Renee Benham
RESOURCES
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Altick, Richard D. Victorian People and Ideas. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1973. Print. [ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY]
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(ennui 96-113 & 291-298);(art and aesteticism 288-298);(class 17-50);(gender, women, spheres 50-59);(women's property 50-59);(respectability and reputation 165-179);(science 226-232, 259-261);(science, thinking, realism vs romance 246-258)
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Behlmer, George K. "The Gypsy Problem in Victorian England." Victorian Studies 28.2 (Winter 1958): 231-253. PDF HERE
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(gypsies)
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Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Sign of Four. Ed. Shafquat Towheed. Ontario: Broadview, 2010. Print. ISBN: 978-1551118376 [BUY]
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Appendices (empire, Afghanistan, Adaman Islands, Empire, Indian Mutiny)
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Doyle, Arthur Conan. Sherlock Holmes: the Major Stories with Contemporary Critical Essays. ed. John A. Hodgson. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 1994. Print. ISBN: 978-0312089450 [BUY]
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Jann, Rosemary. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Detecting Social Order. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995. Print. [ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY]
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Chapter 1: The Last Victorian Hero (science)
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Mayhew, Henry. London Labour and London Poor. Introd. Victor Neuburg. London: Penguin Books, 1985. Print. [ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY]
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(child homelessness 119-122; 161)
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(Irish homelessness 56-60)
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Nord, Deborah Epstein. Gypsies and the British Imagination 1807-1930. New York: Columbia UP, 2006. Print. Introduction PDF HERE.
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(gypsies)
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Redmond, Christopher. A Sherlock Holmes Handbook. Toronto, CA: Simon & Pierre, 1993. Print.
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Chapter V: The Victorian Background (class, empire, Germany)
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Ryan, Michael. "Film Studies." An Introduction to Criticism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Print. PDF HERE.
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Showalter, Elaine. Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture in the Fin de Siecle. New York: Penguin, 1990. Print. [ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY]
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Chapter 3: New Women (spheres, New Woman)
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Chapter 4: Queen George (reaction against George Eliot, Middlemarch, Olive Schreiner)
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Chapter 5: King Romance (male author's reaction against Eliot, adventure romance genre)
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Chapter 6: Dr. Jekyll's closet (Jekyll & Hyde, double lives)
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Chapter 9: Decadence, Homosexuality, and Feminism (aesteticism, decadence, art)
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VOCABULARY
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/ WEBSITES
Victorian Web is a thorough, credible, and amazing resource and should be the first place you look when you have questions about Victorian society and culture. If this site does not answer all of your questions, there are additional Victorian culture sites listed below. I have also broken down additional links by topic which you may find useful.
VICTORIAN WEB
Victorian People and Ideas by Altick
CITATIONS
Use the Purdue Online Writing Lab (linked below) for guides on how to ethically cite everything you find using MLA citations.
LIBRARY
Remember that the library website, physical space, and staff are there for you to use.
BEST RESOURCES
VICTORIAN CULTURE




SHERLOCK SITES
RESEARCH & WRITING
LIBRARY DAYS:
In-class work days:
UPCOMING EVENTS
03 / PEOPLE & PLACES
I am here to help you. It is my goal for each of your to succeed in this class. If you have any questions or concerns along the way, please feel free to contact me and visit me during my office hours. Office hours are held precisely so students can walk in unannounced and talk to me. Feel free to email me in advance if you'd like, but you are more than welcome to just walk in.
OFFICE HOURS
The library space and website are designed to help you, yet are often under-utilized by students. Discover all that the library has to offer by taking advantage of the computer labs, Special Collections, expensive databses, quiet study spaces, secluded work spaces, and helpful staff. If you have any questions or concerns, just ask one of the staff. Lorraine Wochna, in particular, is amazing!
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LIBRARY
WRITING CENTER
The Ohio University Writing Center is a free service provided to students to help them improve their writing. Their trained tutors are there to help you at any stage in the writing process - from thesis creation to mechanics and grammar. Located in the 2nd floor of the library, they are an amazing resource for students. Make an appointment at their website or find walk-in hours here.
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