Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts to actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins and David Poe. Wealthy merchant Frances and John Allan took in Poe to Richmond, Virginia after his parents' death. He traveled with them to England where Poe attended school in Chelsea, but then went back to Richmond and attended the University of Virginia and studied Latin and poetry. Poe started writing poetry and short stories that were thrilling and reflected his own tragedy life. He wrote short stories for many different genres and the most successful one was the Detective Genre. Edgar Allan Poe's detective story, " The Murders in the Rue Morgue", written in 1841, is the beginning of the detective genre. The detective genre was started
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The detective is mainly played in the first-person narrator. They interrogate suspects, looks for clues and tracks down the murderer while sharing all the clues with the readers. The investigation is based on motive opportunity, and to find a solution, but to make the case difficult for the detective and most interesting to the reader; the author puts obstacles in the detective’s way like several suspects, more murders, and threats. At the end of the story, the detective or the author unmask the plot and the methods on how they solve the case. The detective shouldn't be a professional police officer. Many are private consultants, like Rex Srout's Nero Wolfe, a gourmet, and gifted amateurs. A number of police detectives gained popularity during the late 1900's and early 2000's. According to Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, “ The originator of this early type of story of detection was Edgar Allan Poe, creator of the world's first fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin. Dupin's methods of deduction and his bizarre personal habits provided the model that most detective story writers have followed since. Dupin made his bow in April 1841 when Graham’s Magazine published Poe’s classic horror story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” The detective appeared thereafter in “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” (1842–43), “The Purloined …show more content…
Auguste Dupin, a man with natural analytical methods and can read what the other person is thinking. Dupin can explain the chain of reasoning that leads his thoughts merely by observing the sequence of expressions and using his powers to help solve the mystery. According to Strandmag, “ Poe was slightly annoyed at the attention paid to the Dupin stories at the expense of his other literary works”. The story takes place in Paris on Rue Morgue where we are introduced to Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter, Camille, are grisly murdered. The crime was considered unsolvable by the local police, which take place in a locked room. Before Dupin started investigating the crime, he was examining the methods thought a chess game. According to Encyclopedia of American Literature, " This discussion acts as an introduction to the vigilant observation and deductive logic utilized by the detective protagonist, C. Auguste Dupin.” (Imbarrato 728) Dupin's observation shows he takes pride in his work to find out why the killer uses the methods to kill its
The detective is mainly played in the first-person narrator. They interrogate suspects, looks for clues and tracks down the murderer while sharing all the clues with the readers. The investigation is based on motive opportunity, and to find a solution, but to make the case difficult for the detective and most interesting to the reader; the author puts obstacles in the detective’s way like several suspects, more murders, and threats. At the end of the story, the detective or the author unmask the plot and the methods on how they solve the case. The detective shouldn't be a professional police officer. Many are private consultants, like Rex Srout's Nero Wolfe, a gourmet, and gifted amateurs. A number of police detectives gained popularity during the late 1900's and early 2000's. According to Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, “ The originator of this early type of story of detection was Edgar Allan Poe, creator of the world's first fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin. Dupin's methods of deduction and his bizarre personal habits provided the model that most detective story writers have followed since. Dupin made his bow in April 1841 when Graham’s Magazine published Poe’s classic horror story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” The detective appeared thereafter in “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” (1842–43), “The Purloined …show more content…
Auguste Dupin, a man with natural analytical methods and can read what the other person is thinking. Dupin can explain the chain of reasoning that leads his thoughts merely by observing the sequence of expressions and using his powers to help solve the mystery. According to Strandmag, “ Poe was slightly annoyed at the attention paid to the Dupin stories at the expense of his other literary works”. The story takes place in Paris on Rue Morgue where we are introduced to Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter, Camille, are grisly murdered. The crime was considered unsolvable by the local police, which take place in a locked room. Before Dupin started investigating the crime, he was examining the methods thought a chess game. According to Encyclopedia of American Literature, " This discussion acts as an introduction to the vigilant observation and deductive logic utilized by the detective protagonist, C. Auguste Dupin.” (Imbarrato 728) Dupin's observation shows he takes pride in his work to find out why the killer uses the methods to kill its