Dr. Doyle and Mr. Holmes: The Cultural Staying Power of Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Doyle and Mr. Holmes: The Cultural Staying Power of Sherlock Holmes 

Presentation at Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th, Shoreline 98155 on Thursday, October 23, 2014 from 7 to 8:30pm in the large meeting room

Journalist Tom Keogh leads this conversation about Sherlock Holmes, the story of his creation by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the latter’s subsequent love-hate relationship with the character over decades.

During the discussion, we’ll ask why Holmes still matters in the 21st century, and why we, as a culture, remain so attached to a character invented in 1886. Certainly there are characters from literature, history and popular culture that are revisited from time to time. But Holmes is different: He resides deep within our collective memory and subconscious, re-embraced, resurrected and rebooted every few years – and for each new generation – in ever-shifting visions of who he is and of the major touchstones of his legend.

Coponsored by Humanities Washington.