# Literary London Crime

- 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](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/literary-london-crime)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-literary-london-crime/2d7597ee73f8) (YouTube)
2. [The Postmodern Detective: Contemporary London Crime Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-literary-london-crime/780d38829ae6) (YouTube)
3. [Literary London Crime: The Dark Eyes of London](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-literary-london-crime/dd2b00152d9b) (YouTube)
4. ["A Stout Heart in the Great Cesspool": Arthur Conan Doyle and London](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-literary-london-crime/e4d9a8578cc1) (YouTube)