Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin mysteries
By: Richard Kopley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780230604704
Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation; Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Characters -- Auguste Dupin; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
Description: Using the methods of Edgar Allan Poe's sleuth C. Auguste Dupin, Kopley here offers surprising discoveries about Poe's detective tales and traces the origins of the modern detective tale genre.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-139) and index.