tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post3878924261234729488..comments2023-12-26T12:18:55.616+00:00Comments on Doyleockian: A request for adviceAlistair Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199962410016780822noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-90538805598031906292014-09-26T18:36:24.248+01:002014-09-26T18:36:24.248+01:00If it holds up in the concept of the purpose of yo...If it holds up in the concept of the purpose of your book, use it.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294886206454693626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-12432338022140658912014-09-19T14:06:22.163+01:002014-09-19T14:06:22.163+01:00Going back to your first comment - if it was in r...Going back to your first comment - if it was in relation to ACD's attitudes I'd probably mention it in some form but it is being used by the author of the article not ACD. Therefore its relevance to him and his tour is tenuous. I think the discussion has served its purpose. I shall omit it.Alistair Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199962410016780822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-237346760493600542014-09-19T12:15:29.474+01:002014-09-19T12:15:29.474+01:00The same one as used by the nameless Inspector in ...The same one as used by the nameless Inspector in 3GAB, no doubt. The word can be found in Doyle's (and many white authors of the era) 1879's "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley" and as late as "The Poison Belt", if memory serves.James C. O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866010043246236340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-6862917139243317372014-09-19T07:57:56.369+01:002014-09-19T07:57:56.369+01:00If you saw it you might understand my dilemma. We&...If you saw it you might understand my dilemma. We're talking about the N word.Alistair Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199962410016780822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-78060616900979621752014-09-18T22:56:39.940+01:002014-09-18T22:56:39.940+01:00Fascinating that a comment printed in a 1921 famil...Fascinating that a comment printed in a 1921 family paper would be unfit for inclusion in your book without perhaps editing it. Perhaps we should ask the nameless Inspector in "The Three Gables" what to do. If you are going to discuss or explore Doyle's racial and ethnic opinions, then I could suggest you include itJames C. O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866010043246236340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-52598831943656691132014-09-18T21:34:17.532+01:002014-09-18T21:34:17.532+01:00Include it or not, depending on whether it contrib...Include it or not, depending on whether it contributes to the story you are telling. If it makes for a better story, mention it. If it is a fact out of context to the Doyle story, don't include it. Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304423978309173994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-54038948561717187162014-09-18T20:19:13.225+01:002014-09-18T20:19:13.225+01:00Wow lots of comments. It's interesting that th...Wow lots of comments. It's interesting that the response here is to keep it and on Twitter opinion favours removal....Alistair Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199962410016780822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-32079934964133940872014-09-18T20:01:16.395+01:002014-09-18T20:01:16.395+01:00I would include it. The trend with modern period p...I would include it. The trend with modern period pieces (I'm talking fiction here, but the point is the same) is to gloss over the inherent contextual prejudices, and instead have "enlightened" characters who often end up as basically modern characters in a period setting. I can see the logic behind that, so as not to alienate a modern audience, but at the same time it's important to acknowledge how different things were then. Including it gives a genuine example of those attitudes. Intercostal Claviclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615520815969642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-57597621621783300832014-09-18T16:35:55.340+01:002014-09-18T16:35:55.340+01:00Excluding it because you don't like its racist...Excluding it because you don't like its racist contents feels like lying by omitting the truth. Otoh, if it's not needed to better understand what the book is about and it has no relevance to the subject...? Would you include it, if it wasn't racist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066417080920042579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-50647419548277557892014-09-18T15:00:18.982+01:002014-09-18T15:00:18.982+01:00I think it would be interesting to include it beca...I think it would be interesting to include it because it would give the reader a more detailed and complete view of the period. It's always little details that get you to better understand what life was like in the past, what were common opinions and behaviour.<br />As to how, maybe just add a short note at the bottom of the page to explain more about the context ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956288600403860320.post-67053014847281787452014-09-18T12:24:46.347+01:002014-09-18T12:24:46.347+01:00Include it. It provides greater context, a better...Include it. It provides greater context, a better feel for the times. No need to gloss over truth.-> Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560887728240829164noreply@blogger.com