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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Sign of three. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1988, ©1983 (DLC) 82049207 (OCoLC)19899170 |
Named Person: | Arthur Conan Doyle; Edgar Allan Poe; Charles S Peirce; Arthur Conan Doyle; Sherlock Holmes; Charles S Peirce; Edgar Allan Poe |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Umberto Eco; Thomas A Sebeok |
ISBN: | 0585020728 9780585020723 |
OCLC Number: | 42854173 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Preface: Umberto Eco and Thomas A. SebeokAbbreviations in the Text: Thomas A. Sebeok1. One, Two, Three Spells UBERTYThomas A. Sebeok2. You Know My Method: A Juxtaposition of Charles S. Pierce and Sherlock Holmes Thomas A. Sebeok and Jean Umiker-Sebeok3. Sherlock Holmes: Applied Social PsychologistMarcello Truzzi4. Morelli, Freud, and Sherlock Holmes: Clues and Scientific MethodCarlo Ginzburg5. To Guess or Not To Guess?Massimo A. Bonfantini and Giampaolo Proni6. Peirce, Holmes, PopperGian Palol Carettini7. Sherlock Holmes Confronts Modern Logic: Toward a Theory of Information-Seeking through Questioning Jaakko Hintikka and Merrill B. Hintikka8. Sherlock Holmes FormalizedJaakko-Hintikka9. The Body of the Dectective Model: Charles S. Peirce and Edgar Allan PoeNancy Harrowitz10. Horns, Hooves, Insteps: Some Hypothesis on Three Types of AbductionUmberto EcoReferences |
Series Title: | Advances in semiotics. |
Responsibility: | edited by Umberto Eco and Thomas A. Sebeok. |
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" ... fascinating throughout... the book is recreative in the highest sense." Arthur C. Danto, The New Republic "A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars." Library Journal Read more...


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- Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Characters -- Auguste Dupin.
- Peirce, Charles S. -- (Charles Sanders), -- 1839-1914.
- Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
- Criminal investigation in literature.
- Logic in literature.
- Semiotics.
- Enquêtes criminelles dans la littérature.
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- 1859-1930.
- Holmes, Sherlock.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849.
- Detective and mystery stories.