Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes: The Origin of Sherlockian Studies
Product details Hardcover: 126 pages Publisher: Gasogene Books; First edition (January 6, 2011) Language: English A popular pastime among followers of Sherlock Holmes is to treat his adventures as though they were real. Unique in all literature, this pursuit is known as the Grand Game, an intellectual exercise played in order to discover a deeper knowledge of the tales by examining clues in the stories themselves, or by correlating the Sherlockian Canon with historical fact. It's an unprecedented phenomenon that began with one man Monsignor Ronald Knox and his 1912 essay "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes." > Read More Info


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