The Murders in the Rue Morgue - the birth of the detective.
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2017 (Volume) 76
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
English literature and language
Page
38 - 42
Authors
Innes, Mark
Contents
People usually associate Edgar Allan Poe with the Gothic genre rather than crime. Yet, according to the author, it is Poe who is responsible for many of the tropes now associated with crime fiction and, in particular, with the detective figure himself.