Whatever Happened to Sherlock Holmes?: Detective Fiction, Popular Theology, and Society

by Robert S. Paul

Robert S. Paul suggests that the reason detective fiction has won legions of readers may be that "the writer of detective fiction, without conscious intent, appeals directly to those moral and spiritual roots of society unconsciously affirmed and endorsed by the readers."

Because detective stories deal with crime and punishment they cannot help dealing implicitly with theological issues, such as the reality of good and evil, the recognition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809317222
• ISBN13: 9780809317226
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"