Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom by Stein, Louisa Ellen, Busse, Kristina -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Prologue

Works Cited

Introduction

Reinventing Sherlock for the Digital Age Transmedia Narrative/Transmedia Fan Engagement Sherlock and the Adventure of Peer-to-Peer Digital Review Chapter Overview Works Cited

Part One: Transmedia and Collective Intelligence

Introduction Work Cited

Winning “The Grand Game”

Introduction Learning the Rules: Sherlock and the Nature of “The Grand Game” Playing the Game: Sherlock and the Web of Intertexts Breaking the Rules: Sherlock and the Tradition of Fan Writing Works Cited

Part Two: Sherlock Then and Now

“But It’s the Solar System!”

Introduction The Victorian Holmes The Modern-Day Sherlock Fan Fiction and the Modern-Day Sherlock Conclusion Works Cited

Terror, Nostalgia, and the Pursuit of Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock

Introduction Degeneracy and Decadence in Conan Doyle Sherlock and the Great Game “I have made up my mind to kill Sherlock Holmes” Terror in Conan Doyle and Sherlock Nostalgia, Resolution, and the Pleasures of Sherlock Works Cited

Decoding the Industrial and Digital City

Introduction Of Sociopathy and Social Control: Imperial and Millennial Politics of the Science of Deduction The Place of Technology in Sherlock Digital London Works Cited

Part Three: Adaptations and Intertextuality

Shaping Sherlocks

Introduction The Other Holmeses: Institutional Practice and the Adaptation of Character Warner Bros.’ Action Star The Asylum’s Sci-Fi Sidekick Institutional Practice and Character Adaptation Sherlock’s Sherlock: A Thoroughly Modern, Victorian Holmes Character Construction and Institutional Practice: Quality, Prestige, and the Global Public Service Broadcaster Conclusion Works Cited

Sherlock’s Webs

Introduction Transmedial Storytelling, Intertextual Referencing, and Kinds of Remembering Holmes and Doctor Who in History Production Links Transmedial Techniques Conclusions Works Cited

Holmes in the Small Screen

Introduction Sherlock and Television Adaptations Sherlock and Television Production Sherlock and Television Conventions Works Cited

Part Four: Interpreting Sherlock

“Good Old Index”

Sherlock

Introduction The Role of Television Critics The BBC’s Pre-Image The Meaning Framework: What the Critics Wrote

Linkage to the Literary Sherlock Holmes A Contemporary Twist The Canon of Adaptations The Creative Talent Behind Sherlock: Producers and Writers The Talent in Sherlock: Actors Sherlock as Must-See Television Audiences / Fans

Conclusion Works Cited

Holmes Abroad

Introduction Transmediality and Active Readers Dutch Sherlock Fans A Modern Spin Heroes, Sidekicks, and Villains Knitting Detectives Conclusion Works Cited

Part Five: Postmodern Sherlock

Sherlock and the (Re)Invention of Modernity

Introduction Pomo or Faux-Mo? The Visual Aesthetic of Sherlock The Future Is Then; the Past Is Now: Sherlock and the Modern Misdirection Sherlock’s Fan: Moriarty and the Portrayal of Fandom Works Cited

Sherlock as Cyborg

Introduction: Sherlock as Cyborg The Lie of the Mind The Truth of the Body A Case in Point: Asexual Sexuality Works Cited

Conclusion

London Burning Neoliberal Sherlock Millennial Sherlock Fandom and Agency

About the Contributors List of Names and Terms