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The term “monograph” in literature has long been deployed to denote a focused, comprehensive study of a single subject. In scholarly works, for instance, it regularly appears as a descriptor for detailed treatises on ethnographic, sociological, or scientific themes—ranging from volumes on tribes and castes [1, 2, 3, 4] to studies on specific medical or biological subjects [5, 6, 7]. Fiction writers, such as Conan Doyle, even employ the term to lend an air of erudition or to emphasize a character’s dedicated research, as seen in his references to monographs on topics like plaster of Paris and cigar ashes [8, 9, 10, 11]. This dual usage—both in academic treatises and in fiction—illustrates how “monograph” has become a versatile term that conveys thoroughness and specialized focus across varied contexts in literature [12, 13, 14, 15].
  1. 14 Monograph, Eth.
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  2. 17 Monograph Ethnog.
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  3. 68 Monograph, Ethnological Survey of Cochin, 1905.
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  4. 43 Monograph Eth.
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  5. Karl Pearson, A Monograph on Albinism in Man .
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  6. "Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series," No. 15. Washington, 1913. (9) Pfister, Oskar.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  7. " Psychological Monograph , No. 92, XXI (1916), 26-36.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  8. Here is my monograph upon the tracing of footsteps, with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses.
    — from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject.
    — from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
  10. You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.
    — from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
  11. “I think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime.
    — from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  12. " Psychological Monograph , No. 92, XXI (1916), 36-54.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  13. Sociological Monograph No. 15, University of Southern California.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  14. Bechterew in his monograph Die Bedeutung der Suggestion im Sozialen Leben has presented an interpretation of distinct value for sociological research.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  15. [17] Storfer has recently drawn special attention to this point in his monograph: Parricide as a Special Case.
    — from Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud

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