{"id":5901,"date":"2015-04-23T08:27:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2015-04-23T08:27:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:27:06","slug":"beloved-detective-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2015\/04\/23\/beloved-detective-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Detective Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Although fan fiction is cropping up everywhere now and seems to be a new fad, it has actually been around for quite some time.\u00a0 Fictitious characters have often inspired imaginative readers who go on to write their own stories.\u00a0 Sherlock Holmes is no exception, though the extent of the genre and the seriousness with which people pursue it might be unusual.\u00a0\u00a0 Much of the stories about Sherlock Holmes are written as though he was a real person, and there are even \u201chistorical\u201d sites devoted to him.\u00a0 One such author is Vincent Starrett, a Holmes enthusiast who wrote The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes<\/em><\/a> in 1933.\u00a0 Written as a biography, it takes into account both the fictional character of Holmes and describes further exploits and adventures, while also discussing Arthur Conan Doyle and the writing and publishing of these stories.<\/p>\n

\"Subcutaneously<\/a>Another way in which authors have interacted with fictional characters is to examine the full cannon of stories about them and analyze character traits or actions.\u00a0 One example is Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson<\/em>: Sherlock Holmes and the cocaine habit<\/em> by Jack Tracy<\/a>.\u00a0 Inspired by the pastiche The Seven-Per-Cent Solution <\/em>by Nicholas Meyer<\/a>,\u00a0Tracy studies the use of cocaine in the Sherlock Holmes tales and describes how it impacts the detective and his relationships.\u00a0 It is an interesting read for Holmes enthusiasts as well as those interested in late 19th<\/sup> century attitude toward cocaine and drug use.<\/p>\n

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes <\/em>by Vincent Starrett\u00a0<\/em><\/a>and Subcutaneously My Dear Watson<\/em> by Jack Tracy\u00a0<\/a>are from the Santo Domingo Collection.\u00a0Several other books about Sherlock Holmes both by Arthur Conan Doyle and others can be found in Harvard\u2019s collections.\u00a0 Some examples include, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes<\/em> by Adrian Conan Doyle<\/a>, Arthur\u2019s son, and Sherlock Holmes: the unauthorized biography<\/em> by Nick Rennison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Emma Clement, Santo Domingo Library Assistant, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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