Sherlock Holmes Commentary [Hardcover]

D.Martin Dakin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles (March 16, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715354930
• ISBN-13: 978-0877492245
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,567,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Sherlockian Volume, June 11, 2011

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Matt Laffey "Always 1895" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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D. Martin Dakin's 'A Sherlock Holmes Commentary' is essential reading for anyone interested in Sherlockian studies. Other than appearing on the the venerable and still highly relevant Shaw 100 list, Dakin's book continues to be referenced by old and new Sherlock scholars alike. In the 300 or so pages that make up Commentary, Dakin reviews all the major Sherlock themes, controversies, chronological inconsistencies and textual mysteries that have plagued and delighted (often times simultaneously) scholars for decades. Whether or not there's a gap in your bookshelf, Dakin's tome is essential.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "You could just fill that gap on that second shelf", June 29, 2010

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James O'Leary (Natick, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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For those unfamilair to The Game, Sherlock Holmes was an historical figure, Dr. John H. Watson his biographer, and Arthur Conan Doyle was Watson's literary agent. Watson's stories have many internal inconsistancies, and it is the job of the Sherlockian (Holmsian, if you're British) scholar to unravel Watson's tangled threads of dates, personalities, and facts. The first period of Higher Critisism was the 1930s through the 1950s, producing some of the greatest and most beloved works of Sherlockian scholarship. Dakin's book came out in 1972, at a time of change in society and Sherlockian society (the removal of the capitals from "Higher Critisism", "Sacred Canon", and "The Master and The Doctor"). Dakin still played the Game, but Holmes was treated less like an Olympian and more of a mortal. His book was the forerunner to the Great Boom of the 1970s (generally recognized as begining with the publication of "The Seven Per Cent Solution") and the reverberations of ASHC are still being felt today. No Sherlockian library should be without it, and the only reason mine was until 2010, is because of the relative rarity of it. Yes, "Thanks, Amazon" for making it possible for me getting a copy.