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Literary London Crime

Dr Tony Williams and others · Gresham College

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About

The urban detective has traditionally been a figure supremely able to penetrate the mysteries of the city, yet set apart from the populace he protects. Have recent London crime stories abandoned their confidence in the interpretative abilities of the detective? Can we still believe in omniscient figures such as Dickens’ Inspector Bucket or Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes? Is London still a place where mysteries can be satisfactorily solved?

Lectures

  1. ‘This ain’t the shop for justice’: Crime in Dickens’s London 2012-06-11 · YouTube
  2. The Postmodern Detective: Contemporary London Crime Fiction 2012-06-18 · YouTube
  3. Literary London Crime: The Dark Eyes of London 2012-06-25 · YouTube
  4. "A Stout Heart in the Great Cesspool": Arthur Conan Doyle and London 2012-07-02 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Dr Tony Williams, Dr Jenny Bavidge, Cathi Unsworth, Richard Burnip
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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