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Dr. Clare Clarke
Associate Professor, English

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Clare Clarke, Mr and Mrs Sherlock Holmes: The True Adventures of Moser and Moser, Victorian London's most scandalous detective duo. , 2024 Book, 2024

Clare Clarke, Review of Samuel Saunders' The Nineteenth Century Periodical Press and the Development of Detective Fiction, Review of The Nineteenth Century Periodical Press and the Development of Detective Fiction, by Samuel Saunders , CLUES: A Journal of Detection, 40, (2), 2022, p131-132 Review, 2022

CLUES: A Journal of Detection, 39, 1, (2021), 1 - 116p, Clare Clarke, Eva Burke, [Co-editor] Journal, 2021

Clare Clarke, British Detective Fiction 1893-1900: The Successors to Sherlock Holmes., Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, xii - 166pp Book, 2020

"Holmes, Doyle, and Victorian Publishing." in, editor(s)Janice Allan and Christopher Pittard , The Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp2 - 21, [Clare Clarke] Book Chapter, 2019

Detective Fiction, Lesa Scholl, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women Writers, Basingstoke and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, [Clare Clarke] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2019

LT Meade, Sisters of Sherlock, and the Strand Magazine in, editor(s)Alexis Easley, Clare Gill, and Beth Rodgers, eds , The Edinburgh History of Victorian Women and Print Media, 1830-1900, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019, pp1-20 , [Clare Clarke] Book Chapter, 2019

Fergus Hume in, editor(s)Kevin Morrison , Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction, Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2018, [Clare Clarke] Book Chapter, 2018

"Jo Nesbo: Murder in the Folkhemmet. in, editor(s)Bernice M Murphy and Stephen Matterson , Twenty-First Century Popular Fiction. , Edinburgh, EUP, 2018, [clare clarke] Book Chapter, 2018

Charlotte Riddell. in, editor(s)Bernice M Murphy and Elizabeth McCarthy, eds , Lost Souls, McFarland, 2016, [Clare Clarke] Book Chapter, 2016

Clare Clarke, "Something for the 'Silly Season': policing and the press in Israel Zangwill's The Big Bow Mystery.", Victorian Periodicals Review , 48, (1), 2015, p121 - 137 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text

Clare Clarke, Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 1 - 221pp Book, 2014

Clare Clarke, Imperial Rogues: reverse colonization fears in Pearson's Magazine 1897, Guy Boothby's A Prince of Swindlers, and late-Victorian detective fiction., Victorian Literature and Culture , 41, (3), 2013, p527 - 545 Journal Article, 2013

Professionalism and the Cultural Politics of Work in the Sherlock Holmes stories. in, editor(s)Kate MacDonald , The Masculine Middlebrow 1880-1940, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp73 - 90, [Clare Clarke] Book Chapter, 2011

Clare Clarke, Horace Dorrington, criminal detective: investigating the re-emergence of the rogue in Arthur Morrison's The Dorrington Deed-Box (1897)., CLUES: A Journal of Detection, 28, (2), 2010, p7 - 18 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Clare Clarke, Edinburgh University Press, (Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle), Edinburgh:, Edinburgh University Press, 1905, - Critical Edition (Book), 1905

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Clare Clarke, 'A Shrine of Pilgrimage: Dark Tourism in Late Victorian Newspapers' Ripper Reportage'., Edge Hill University EHU19's Seminar Series (2022), EDge Hill University (online), 9 May 2022, 2022, Edge Hill University Invited Talk, 2022

Clare Clarke, "Forget Sherlock Holmes and try these other Victorian detectives." The Independent, 2022, - Miscellaneous, 2022

Clare Clarke, 'Invited Expert Guest on RTE Arena: Celebrating Patricia Highsmith at 100', 2021, - Broadcast, 2021

Clare Clarke, Beyond Sherlock Holmes: five Victorian detective stories you must read." The Conversation., 2021, - Miscellaneous, 2021

Clare Clarke, Bah Humbug! The weird and wonderful world of Victorian Christmas cards, Bah Humbug! The weird and wonderful world of Victorian Christmas cards, Trinity Long Room Hub (online), Dec 2021, 2021, Trinity Long Room Hub Invited Talk, 2021

Clare Clarke, Matthew Sweet, Shrabani Basu, Invited panellists., The Real World of Arthur Conan Doyle: British Library Histfest, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

Clare Clarke, Move over Sherlock: The Radical Edge to Enola Holmes (Netflix)." Independent.ie , The Independent , 2021 Review Article, 2021

Clare Clarke, 'Conan Doyle and Cities', 'Arthur Conan Doyle in Edinburgh', Edinburgh Napier University, 24-25 September, 2020, Edinburgh Conan Doyle Network Invited Talk, 2020

Clare Clarke, A Shrine of Pilgrimage: Dark Tourism in late-Victorian crime writing, newspapers, and Ripper reportage, North-West Long Nineteenth-Century Research Seminar, Manchester Metropolitan University (online), 15 July, 2020, School of English, Manchester Metropolitan University Invited Talk, 2020

Clare Clarke, Faculty in Focus with Dr Clare Clarke. Chair: Prof Eve Patten., aculty in Focus with Dr Clare Clarke. , Trinity Long Room Hub (online), Nov 2020, 2020, Trinity Long Room Hub Invited Talk, 2020

Clare Clarke, Dark Tourism in late-Victorian London, crime reporting, and Israel Zangwill's The Big Bow Mystery (1891). , Work/Leisure, Duty/Pleasure: Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference, University of Brighton, UK, 25 July 2019, 2019 Oral Presentation, 2019

Clare Clarke, Conan Doyle and London, Conan Doyle and London, The Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study University of London (online), 15 Nov , 2019, The Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study University of London Invited Talk, 2019

Clare Clarke, Bah Humbug!: Christmas and Victorian print culture, A Festive Research Showcase, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, 4 Dec, 2019, Office of the Dean of Research, TCD Invited Talk, 2019

Clare Clarke, 'Was Sherlock Irish? ', Newstalk , Newstalk, 2018, - Broadcast, 2018

Clare Clarke, "It's Alive: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at 200" Irish Times , 2018, - Miscellaneous, 2018

Clare Clarke , "Our Culture is Obsessed with Beautiful Dead Girls." Irish Times 11 June 2018., 2018, - Miscellaneous, 2018

Clare Clarke, "A shrine of pilgrimage": dark tourism in late-Victorian London, crime reporting, and The Big Bow Mystery., City, Space, and Spectacle in Nineteenth-Century Performance, University of Warwick (hosted in Venice, Italy), May 2018, 2018 Oral Presentation, 2018

Clarke, Clare, and Brian Cliff. , "Crime Pays, from academia to bestseller lists." Irish Times 27 March 2017., 2017, - Miscellaneous, 2017

Clare Clarke , "Detective Fever: why we are addicted to Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Crime." Irish Times 6 January 2016., 2016, - Miscellaneous, 2016

Clare Clarke, "Science at her finger ends": science, crime, and gender in L.T. Meade's The Brother hood of the Seven Kings (1899) and The Strand Magazine. , Messengers from the Stars - Episode IV, Science Fiction and Fantasy, University of Lisbon. , Nov 2016, 2016 Oral Presentation, 2016

Clare Clarke, "Lady Detectives and lady authors: Bestselling women's crime stories of the fin de siècle." , "Queens of Crime." , Institute of English Studies, University of London., June 2014, 2014 Oral Presentation, 2014

Clare Clarke, "A topsy-turvy world": the global and the local in the bestselling crime novel of the nineteenth century. , "The Global and the Local." BAVS/NAVSA/AVSA. , University of Ca Foscari, Venice., June 2013, 2013 Oral Presentation, 2013

Clare Clarke, "The most popular book of modern times": Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886). , "Lesser Victorians." , Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. , Sept 2013, 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Clare Clarke, "The pleasures and pitfalls of work in the Sherlock Holmes stories and The Strand Magazine." , "Work and Leisure" RSVP 43rd Annual Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. , July 2011, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Clare Clarke, "Detecting the nation: anxieties of empire in late-Victorian detective fiction." , "States of Crime: The State in Crime Fiction." , June 2011, 2011, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Clare Clarke, "L'homme C'est Rien, L'oeuvre C'est Tout": the case of the unindustrious professional in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. , "The Masculine Middlebrow.", Inst. of English Studies, University of London., March 2009, 2009 Conference Paper, 2009

Clare Clarke, "The very last person you'd dream of suspecting": criminal detectives in 1890s magazine fiction. , "Capital Crimes." , Crime Research Network, Cardiff University., October 2009, 2009 Conference Paper, 2009

Clare Clarke, "Fresher, crisper, more workmanlike": professional writing and criminal professionals in the Sherlock Holmes short stories. , "Century's End: Re-evaluating Literature, Art and Culture at the Fin de Siècle." , Queen's University Belfast, SEpt 2008, 2008 Conference Paper, 2008

Research Expertise

Keywords

19th Century Literature & Science; 20th Century literature; American Literature; Book History; CRIME; crime fiction; Detective and Crime Fiction; Gothic Literature; Language and/or Literature, Fiction; NEWSPAPERS; Nineteenth century literature; periodical studies; Victorian Literature and Culture; Victorian newspapers; victorian periodicals

Recognition

Representations

Journal reviewer: Journal of Victorian Culture; Victorian Literature and Culture; CLUES; Victorian Periodicals Review 2018-2022

Invited member of judging committee, Robert and Vineta Colby Book Prize, Research Society for Victorian Periodicals 2018

Awards and Honours

RSVP (Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, hosted at John HopkinsUniversity), Executive Board Grant: $3000 Travel Grant 2020-2022

TCD Provost's Project Award 2020

IRC New Foundations Award 2019

British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) Event Endorsement grant 2019

2017-2020 Principal Investigator for Eva Burke, IRC Doctoral Scholarship, PI for Doctoral Funding, 36 months (2017-2020) 2017

TCD Arts and Social Sciences Benefaction Fund 2016

TCD Arts and Social Sciences Benefaction Fund 2015

HRF Keating Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book 2015

Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Award 2014

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2012

Queen's University Belfast Special Research Scholarship, doctoral funding (fees and maintenance) 2008-2010

Memberships

Executive Board member of RSVP (Research Society for Victorian Periodicals) 2020 – 2022

Membership of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals 2008 – present

Membership of the British Association for Victorian Studies 2010 – present

Membership of the Irish Network for Nineteenth-Century Studies (Association Rep for Trinity College Dublin) 2019 – present