Addiction, empire, and narrative in Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Sign of the Four'

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Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Sign of the Four' compares the body of the fictional Sherlock Holmes to the political body of England, with Holmes's addiction to cocaine symbolic of decline in England's imperial power. The 4 linked crosses that form the center of the book's cryptogram are compared to 4 scenes in the novel.

Psychological aspects, Drug abuse, Detective and mystery stories, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, Cocaine, Sherlock Holmes (Fictional character), Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Sign of the Four (Book)

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The romance of choice and 'The Wings of the Dove'

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Issues discussed concern the portrayal of social norms and individual choice in Henry James' novel, 'The Wings of the Dove.' Topics addressed include the relationship between the public and private spheres in modern society, human agency and rational choice, and the social aspects of modernist displacement.

Privacy, Authors, English, English writers, Choice (Psychology), Social norms, James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916), Modern literature, Literature, Modern, The Wings of the Dove (Book)

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