The Sign of three : Dupin, Holmes, Peirce / edited by Umberto Eco and Thomas A. Sebeok. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1988 - xi, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Advances in semiotics .

Includes bibliographical references

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Doyle, Arthur Conan Sir, --Characters--Sherlock Holmes.--1859-1930
Poe, Edgar Allan--Characters--Auguste Dupin.--1809-1849
Peirce, Charles S. 1839-1914.


Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.
Criminal investigation in literature.
Holmes, Sherlock
Private investigators in literature.
Logic in literature.
Semiotics.

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