What about Sherlock Holmes inspires such love and curiosity, what keeps readers up night after night, reading like an addiction? Where did this creature come from, this perfect little detective who takes our hearts and experiments with them in his chemical lab. We must know, all of us, what the answer is. Here are some topics that could be worth a semester of thought and research:

Rules of Deduction - methods of detective work

Holmes interpereted in the Modern World

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, eclipsed by his masterpiece

The Lovable Mr. Holmes - Why such fantastic character

The Writing Style of the Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes in Other Literatures