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The Gestalt Shift in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Stories
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- Book Synopsis
- This book analyzes the four novels and fifty-six stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle describing the adventures and discoveries of Sherlock Holmes. Michael J. Crowe suggests that nearly all the Holmes stories exhibit the pattern known as a Gestalt shift, in which suddenly Holmes's efforts reveal a new perspective on the case, typically identifying the culprit(s) and resolving the case. Drawing on ideas presented by Thomas S. Kuhn in his famous Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), Crowe argues that similar to the way that Kuhn applied the idea of a Gestalt shift to the history of science, this approach can be used to reveal the structure of the Holmes stories and possibly be applied to some other areas of fiction.
- About The Author
- Michael J. Crowe is the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. Professor Emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies and Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA. This is the eleventh book he has published and his second book on Sherlock Holmes.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9783030074784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan, (21 December 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 229
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 148 x 13 mm
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