Table of Contents

Introduction: In Search of the Real Sherlock Holmes 1

1 The Noble Bachelor and the Crooked Man: Subtext and Sexuality in the BBC's Sherlock Carlen Lavigne 13

2 Sex and the Single Sleuth Anissa M. Graham Jennifer C. Garlen 24

3 "Bromance is so Passé": Robert Downey, Jr.'s Queer Paratexts Kayley Thomas 35

4 The Watson Effect: Civilizing the Sociopath April Toadvine 48

5 "Don't Make People into Heroes, John": (Re/De) Constructing the Detective as Hero Francesca M. Marinaro Kayley Thomas 65

6 Making the Transition: The Modern Adaptation and Recreation of the Scientist Detective Hero Ana E. La Paz 81

7 A Singular Case of Identity: Holmesian Shapeshifting Rhonda Harris Taylor 93

8 The Process of Elimination: The Americanization of Sherlock Holmes Lynnette Porter 113

9 The "Great Game" of Information: The BBC's Digital Native Rhonda Harris Taylor 128

10 Detecting the Technocratic Detective Svetlana Bochman 144

11 Investigating Victorian Propriety in Money Matters Svetlana Bochman 155

12 Welcome to London: The Role of the Cinematic Tourist Lynnetter Porter 164

13 True to Their Victorian Roots: The House of Silk Lynnette Porter 181

14 Bookends of the Great Detective's Life: Neil Gaiman's Award-Winning Pastiches Lynnette Porter 192

About the Contributors 203

Index 205