Sherlockiana is a term which has been used to refer to various categories of materials and content related to the fictional detective

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

, created by

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

. The word "Sherlockiana" has been used for literary studies and scholarship concerning Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes pastiches in print and other media such as films, and

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associated with Sherlock Holmes. Sherlockiana may be defined as "anything about, inspired by, or tangentially concerning" Sherlock Holmes.

Fiction

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works of fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes, by creators other than Arthur Conan Doyle, have been referred to as examples of "Sherlockiana". Charles Spencer, former theatre critic for ''

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'', used the term to refer to the 2009–12 releases of the novel '' The House of Silk'', the television series '' Sherlock'', and two Sherlock Holmes films, ''

'' and its sequel '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'', as representative of a "golden age of Sherlockiana."

Literary studies

When used to refer to literary studies, "Sherlockiana" includes essays and works about Sherlock Holmes such as

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's 1933 book ''

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'' is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder. The film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, an ...

''. Some of these studies concern the

Sherlockian game The Sherlockian game (also known as the Holmesian game, the Great Game or simply the Game; also as the Higher Criticism) is the pastime of attempting to resolve anomalies and clarify implied details about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from the ...

, a pastime of attempting to resolve anomalies and clarify implied details about Holmes and Watson. The word is used in the title of ''The Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana'', first published in 1977 and republished as ''The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia'' in 1987, a reference text containing an exhaustive list of over 3,500 people, places, and things associated with the universe of Sherlock Holmes. The quarterly journal ''

The Baker Street Journal ''The Baker Street Journal'' is a quarterly journal devoted to Sherlockiana published by The Baker Street Irregulars. Leslie S. Klinger has called it "the leading publication" in the study of Sherlock Holmes. History After the formation of The B ...

'' is subtitled ''An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana''.

Memorabilia

The term "Sherlockiana" has been used to refer to objects connected to Sherlock Holmes. Collections of Sherlockiana may include audio-visual recordings, books, magazines, newspaper clippings, art, clothing, advertising, stationary, and any other items associated with Holmes. The

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contains the world's largest archive of Sherlockiana as of 2015, a large portion of which was bequeathed by American collector John Bennett Shaw upon his death in 1994.

Monuments

The Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street - geograph

The interest in works about Sherlock Holmes has extended to intrigue by the United States Smithsonian Museums about the original location of 221B Baker Street. The investigation found that the supposed location of Holmes and Watson's flat did not exist during the early stories such as

A Study in Scarlet ''A Study in Scarlet'' is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title der ...

. However in 1990, the Sherlock Holmes International Society opened up the

Sherlock Holmes Museum The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a privately run museum in London, England, dedicated to the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the world's first museum dedicated to the literary character Sherlock Holmes. It opened in 1990 and is ...

at 221B Baker Street. Furthermore, statues of Holmes displays "Sherlockian" culture as idolizing elements of the world. File:Statue of Sherlock Holmes in Edinburgh.jpg, Edinburg, Scotland File:Sherlock Holmes statue at Meiringen1.jpg, Meringen, Switzerland File:Statue Of Sherlock Holmes-Marylebone Road.jpg,

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, England

References

External links

''The Baker Street Journal''
an Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana
''Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockiana Collection''
at the

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Digital Collections
''The Universal Sherlock Holmes''
at the

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