Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE "The Red-Headed League: READING HOLMES WITH A HOLMESIAN EYE -- CHAPTER TWO THE SUBTLE SERPENT IN 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band" -- CHAPTER THREE 'A Scandal in Bohemia*: VIRGINITY PRESERVED AND THE SECRET MARRIAGE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (WITH A CODA ON POE'S 'The Purloined Letter") -- CHAPTER FOUR PSYCHOLOGIZING THE TEXT OF A Study in Scarlet: REPRESSION AND THE TEXTUAL UNCONSCIOUS -- CHAPTER FIVE SMALL CHANGE: MONEY AND TRANSFORMATION IN 'The Man with the Twisted Lip" -- CHAPTER SIX SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE EMPIRICAL IMAGINATION 'A Case of Identity" -- CHAPTER SEVEN A SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND THE ELUSIVE WOMAN IN 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" -- CHAPTER EIGHT STAGING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE AESTHETICS OF ABSENCE IN "The Final Problem" -- CHAPTER NINE ENVOI: THE ICONOCLASTIC DETECTIVE: OVERREADING "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" -- Critical Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited.