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"You are the one fixed point in a changing age"
- Date Issued:
- 2010
- Summary:
- Sherlock Holmes has been popular in Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912), but no critic has yet connected Holmes and the protagonist of the recent graphic novel Death Note (2003-2006). While American detective fiction has defined itself somewhat in opposition to Arthur Conan Doyle, Japan embraced Sherlock Holmes and created a series of detectives modeled on the English icon. These characters live and work in Japan, but they are never more than Japanese versions of an English original. Although Japan has a long history of adaptations and translations of Doyle's writings, no Japanese character has exemplified Holmes as fully as L, the protagonist of Death Note. While L is clearly similar to Holmes, he also blends English and Japanese characteristics in a way that no Japanese detective figure before him managed to do, and thus becomes the first quintessentially Japanese Sherlock Holmes.
Title: | "You are the one fixed point in a changing age": the immortality of Sherlock Holmes in Japan. |
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Alternative Title: | "You are the one fixed point in a changing world". | |
Name(s): |
Chick, Amanda. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Thesis | |
Issuance: | multipart monograph | |
Date Issued: | 2010 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Physical Form: | electronic resource | |
Extent: | vi, 60 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Sherlock Holmes has been popular in Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912), but no critic has yet connected Holmes and the protagonist of the recent graphic novel Death Note (2003-2006). While American detective fiction has defined itself somewhat in opposition to Arthur Conan Doyle, Japan embraced Sherlock Holmes and created a series of detectives modeled on the English icon. These characters live and work in Japan, but they are never more than Japanese versions of an English original. Although Japan has a long history of adaptations and translations of Doyle's writings, no Japanese character has exemplified Holmes as fully as L, the protagonist of Death Note. While L is clearly similar to Holmes, he also blends English and Japanese characteristics in a way that no Japanese detective figure before him managed to do, and thus becomes the first quintessentially Japanese Sherlock Holmes. | |
Identifier: | 779183474 (oclc), 3334249 (digitool), FADT3334249 (IID), fau:1388 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
by Amanda Chick. Abstract title has the word "world" instead of "age". Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2010. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject(s): |
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Immortality in literature Detective and mystery stories, Japanese -- Criticism and interpretation Detective and mystery stories, English -- Appreciation -- Japan Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Appreciation -- Japan |
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Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334249 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU |