Sherlock Holmes and Pope's Essay on Man

"all life is a great chain" [STUD] Sherlock Holmes is "Pope's version of the ideal Man, the one who attains his greatest potential without vainly attempting to rise above it." So says Anastasia Klimchynskaya, BSI ("An Old Russian Woman") in her thesis regarding Alexander Pope's four-epistle volume and the great detective, which appeared in the Winter 2013 issue of The Baker Street Journal under the title "A Study in Scarlet and the Study of Mankind: Sherlock Holmes and Pope's Essay on Man." She took home the Morley-Montgomery Award that year. And it's just a Trifle. If you have a question for us, please email us at [email protected]. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift. Our Merch Store is open: Trifles mugs, notepads, and oval stickers can be yours (or someone else's, if you'd like to make it a gift). Start shopping today. "Trifling Trifles" is short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode. In the latest, we discuss a curious lapse of Sherlock Holmes's memory around Sussex. Make sure you're signed up so you don't miss this is exclusive benefit for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack). Leave Trifles a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to this episode here or wherever you get podcasts Links

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