Sleuthing Sherlock Holmes and Co.
Sleuthing Sherlock Holmes and Co.25sep9:45 pm10:15 pm9:45 pm - 10:15 pm(GMT-04:00)
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Where did detective literature start, how did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle change the game, and where have we come since Sherlock Holmes became a household name? Join us as we
Event Details
Where did detective literature start, how did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle change the game, and where have we come since Sherlock Holmes became a household name? Join us as we look into the history of detective fiction and, yes, Sherlock Holmes, with crime and detective fiction scholar Charles Rzepka!
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Charles Rzepka
Charles Rzepka
Charles J. Rzepka is a Professor Emeritus of English at Boston University, where he taught courses in British Romanticism and detective and crime fiction. In addition to Detection: A Cultural History (2005), the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Crime Fiction (2010), and Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard (Johns Hopkins 2013, available in paperback), he’s written numerous essays on authors of crime and detective fiction, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, and Earl Derr Biggers, creator of Charlie Chan.