Member Profile
Name:
Dr Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko
Institution:
University of Warsaw
Academic status:
University/college academic
Main discipline:
Literary Studies
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
neo-Victorianism and adaptation studies
neo-Victorianism and adaptation studies
Other societies:
Association of Adaptation Studies
International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association
From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria research group
International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association
From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria research group
Research interests:
My main research area is contemporary reimaginings of Victorian villains and detectives, historic and fictional.
My recent book is Holmes and the Ripper: Versus Narratives (2024) and analyses the representation of these figures and their character constellations in stories in which Sherlock Holmes is fighting (or otherwise engaging with) Jack the Ripper. These narratives pit the archetypal detective against the archetypal serial killer using established formulas as well as new narrative and generic features, a combination that results in their mass appeal among authors and audiences alike.
My recent book is Holmes and the Ripper: Versus Narratives (2024) and analyses the representation of these figures and their character constellations in stories in which Sherlock Holmes is fighting (or otherwise engaging with) Jack the Ripper. These narratives pit the archetypal detective against the archetypal serial killer using established formulas as well as new narrative and generic features, a combination that results in their mass appeal among authors and audiences alike.