Poe's children
Subtitle: connections between tales of terror and detection
By: Tony Magistrale and Sidney Poger.
Contributors: Poger, Sidney.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Influence.; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.; Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.; Horror tales, American -- History and criticism.; Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.; Motion picture plays -- History and criticism.; Gothic revival (Literature) -- United States.; Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain.; English literature -- American influences.; Literary form.
Description: "This study traces Edgar Allan Poe's contribution to the Gothic tradition and his invention of the detective tale. It explores the connections between these genres in British and American writers influenced by Poe, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Harris, and Stephen King. This book also examines women writers strongly influenced by Poe, such as Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, and Sue Grafton.

The last chapter of the volume considers films - in particular, the Roger Corman Poe series, Chinatown, Seven, and Blade Runner - that connect the horror and detective genres."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-142) and index.