Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American literature using digital humanities tools and methods. Scholars foundational to the development of digital humanities join educators who have made digital methods central to their practices. Together they discuss and illustrate how digital pedagogies deepen student learning. The collection's innovative approach allows the works to ...

Inspired by the verbal exuberance and richness of all that can be heard by audiences both on and off Shakespeare’s stages, Shakespeare’s Auditory Worlds examines such special listening situations as overhearing, eavesdropping, and asides. It breaks new ground by exploring the complex relationships between sound and sight, dialogue and blocking, dialects and other languages, re-voicings, and, finally, nonverbal or metaverbal relationships inherent in noise, sounds, and music, staging inters...

Dr. Joseph Bell - this is who the portrait of Sherlock Holmes was written from! Bell was thin, lithe, with a sharp gaze and a quick gait. By the mere appearance of the patient, he could tell what the patient was sick with, and tell a number of details of his life before he had time to open his mouth. Isn't it true that the image of the famous detective is recognized? Doyle learned the method of deduction and analysis from Dr. Bell, and could become a talented detective, because he had his ...

Arthur Conan Doyle - English writer, was knighted in 1902 for his work in a field hospital during the Boer War. Sherlock Holmes is back! The more Doyle wrote about Holmes, the more he resembled his creator. But the author did not use drugs and was not fond of playing musical instruments. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of Black Peter The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

The Sherlock Holmes Archive (1921-1927) is Doyle's last collection of stories about the famous detective. Over the seven years of their coexistence, Holmes bored Doyle. In 1893, in the story The Last Case of Holmes, the author tried to end his hero by putting him to death. The detective's fans, whose interest only grew, were outraged. By the will of fate, in 1901, Doyle heard the legends about a giant ghost dog, and since there was no need to invent a new hero, he resurrected Holmes so tha...

The Adventures of Gerard is a compilation of short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote regarding a French Brigadier named Etienne Gerard who thinks very highly of himself as can be reflected in how he told his stories. The book is divided into chapters containing different segments of his life as a soldier under the leadership of Napoleon together with his personal exploits and the romance that swept his way in between.

Put on your headphones and prepare for a diplomatic thriller that crackles with Cold War tension. In Via Berlin, international relations are on a knife's edge. The US and Germany simmer with distrust, while whispers of war with Japan hang heavy in the air. Enter our protagonist, navigating a world of hidden agendas and veiled threats. Love and intrigue become entangled as this tale unfolds, reaching the highest echelons of power. Will a single secret be enough to rewrite history? Buckle up...