Literary notes about Monograph (AI summary)
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].
- 14 Monograph, Eth.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - 17 Monograph Ethnog.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - 68 Monograph, Ethnological Survey of Cochin, 1905.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - 43 Monograph Eth.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - Karl Pearson, A Monograph on Albinism in Man .
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - "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 - " Psychological Monograph , No. 92, XXI (1916), 26-36.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - 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 - 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 - You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - “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 - " Psychological Monograph , No. 92, XXI (1916), 36-54.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Sociological Monograph No. 15, University of Southern California.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - 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 - [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