Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Holmes

From: Jess Nevins ( jjnevins@ix.netcom.com)
Date: 02 May 2002


Anthony Dauer wrote:

> I think Sherlock Holmes is hardboiled within the context of his time and
> softboiled within the context of ours (Marlowe and the rest slipping to
> when put within the context of our time).

Well, okay, but there are far more hardboiled characters in the context of Holmes' time.

I suspect, were this a century or more gone by, some here would be stumping for Holmes as hardboiled while others would be treating him the same way Parker's Spenser is treated.

jess

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