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College Literature Donald A. Petkus, Lecturer at Indiana University, developed his syllabus for college upperclassmen. His major focus is on the Canon with digressions into "The Game" of Sherlockian scholarship and scion societies. |
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This class is an investigation of how nineteenth-century literature is translated into our contemporary world through various art forms such as music, architecture, film, television, graphic novels, or online and social media. What is it that makes us keep returning to the past, and how does each adaptation re-make the original into something new and relevant? |
Sherlockian Academic Papers
In the past several years, several Theses and Dissertations have been completed, focusing on Sherlock Holmes, the Canon, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Below are several that have been publicly published on the internet. Please note these papers are provided here for the entertainment and education of our members and visitors. Any use of these papers other than that purpose should be approved in advance by the author or institution the paper was developed for.
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- Gray, Elinor. "So Ardent a Bicyclist -- Women's Mobility in Sherlock Holmes." Queen Mary College, 2015. Master's Thesis.
- Mallett, Margot. "A Study in Holmes -- The Iconic Detective Through Space and Time." University of Angers. 2013-2014. Master's Thesis.
- Richards, Christy Edina. "An Assessment of the Mary Shore Cameron Sherlock Holmes Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." UNC, Chapel Hill. 2003. Master's Thesis.
- Wisser, Katherine Mary -- "The Creation, Reception, and Perpetuation of the Sherlock Holmes Phenomenon, 1887-1930." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June, 2000. Master's Thesis.
Past Beacon Award Projects
A Study Guide to Sherlock Holmes - Volume 1 by William S. Dorn
A Study Guide to Sherlock Holmes - Volume 2 by William S. Dorn
Bill Dorn taught his undergraduate students about the logical reasoning and adventures of Sherlock Holmes for 30 years. Dorn's Study Guides supply exercises in determining the date of an adventure, a vocabulary list of Victorian terms, puzzles or open questions for each story, and quizzes of varying degrees of difficulty.
Bill Dorn, a member of The Baker Street Irregulars since 1999, has written five books about Sherlock Holmes. A Professor of Mathematics at The University of Denver, he taught his undergraduate students about the logical reasoning and adventures of Sherlock Holmes for 30 years.
In 2011, Bill generously gave the Beacon Society permission to share his 2-volume set of Study Guides to Sherlock Holmes, which were published in 2001 and are now out of print.
A Study Guide to Sherlock Holmes - Volume 2 by William S. Dorn
Bill Dorn taught his undergraduate students about the logical reasoning and adventures of Sherlock Holmes for 30 years. Dorn's Study Guides supply exercises in determining the date of an adventure, a vocabulary list of Victorian terms, puzzles or open questions for each story, and quizzes of varying degrees of difficulty.
Bill Dorn, a member of The Baker Street Irregulars since 1999, has written five books about Sherlock Holmes. A Professor of Mathematics at The University of Denver, he taught his undergraduate students about the logical reasoning and adventures of Sherlock Holmes for 30 years.
In 2011, Bill generously gave the Beacon Society permission to share his 2-volume set of Study Guides to Sherlock Holmes, which were published in 2001 and are now out of print.