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    William Godwin and Edgar Allan Poe are considered precedents of the modern detective story. Poe is widely seen as the father of detective fiction. He introduced the character of Auguste Dupin, one of the first literary detectives, who used logical reasoning and a scientific method to solve three crimes. Dupin investigated the murders in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", solved the mystery of a stolen letter in "The Purloined Letter", and unravelled the true circumstances of Marie Rogêt's death in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", all while instructing his companion in the rational process of elimination. Poe established key elements of detective stories that are still commonly used today.

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    William Godwin and Edgar Allan Poe are considered precedents of the modern detective story. Poe is widely seen as the father of detective fiction. He introduced the character of Auguste Dupin, one of the first literary detectives, who used logical reasoning and a scientific method to solve three crimes. Dupin investigated the murders in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", solved the mystery of a stolen letter in "The Purloined Letter", and unravelled the true circumstances of Marie Rogêt's death in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", all while instructing his companion in the rational process of elimination. Poe established key elements of detective stories that are still commonly used today.

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    DETECTIVE STORIES

    PRECEDENTS

    William Godwin Edgard Allan Poe


    WILLIAM GODWIN

    - Murder
    - Detection
    - Pursuit of person
    - Murderer´s guilt
    - Effect – cause
    - Problem – solution

    Close to spirit of modern crime story


    EDGAR ALLAN POE
    Essential feature of crime story
    Undisputed father of detective stories
    CHARACTERISTICS
    Didactic purpose
    Introduction of single hero series : Dupin (3 stories)
    Auguste Dupin: 1st literary detective
    Search for solution involves exclusión of the non essential
    Focus interest on a single issue.
    Fixed pattern for detective stories: Omniscient amateur detective + clumpsy
    companion
    AUGUSTE DUPIN
    3 stories: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
    The Purloined letter
    The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

    Wealthy family -> humble circumstances


    Lives in Paris with his close friend (narrator)
    Move to an old manor
    Hobbies: enigmas
    Dupin shares some features with “gentleman
    detective” (Golden Age of Detective Fiction)
    Scquainted with police prefect "G”
    THE MURDERS IN THE RUE
    MORGUE
    1st detective story
    Dupin investigates the murder of a
    mother and daughter in Paris
    THE MURDERS IN THE RUE
    MORGUE
    Part 1 Part 3
    THE MYSTERY OF MARIE
    ROGÊT
    First based on the details of a real
    crime
    Story told through newspaper cutting
    Cutting are interspersed with comments
    and conclusions of Dupin
    Relies for evidence upon contradictory
    press info
    THE MYSTERY OF MARIE
    ROGÊT
    Undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt (perfume shop employee) in
    Paris.
    Body of Rogêt found in the Seine, and the press takes a keen interest in the
    mystery.
    Based on the true story of Mary Rogers, a saleswoman at a cigar store in
    Manhattan whose body was found floating in the Hudson River in 1841
    Sequel to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
    THE PURLOINED LETTER
    Prototype detective novels
    Short story
    Idea – unlikely solution is correct one
    A letter from the queen's lover has
    been stolen from her boudoir by the
    unscrupulous Minister. He had been
    in the room, saw the letter, and
    switched it for a letter of no
    importance. He has since been
    blackmailing the queen.
    ELEMENTS OF DETECTIVE
    FICTION
    ELEMENTS OF DETECTIVE
    FICTION
    VOCABULARY
    •prefect •explicit •palpable
    •purloined •susceptibility •commensurate
    •snuffbox •illustrious •ennui
    •infer •astute
    •exalted •prodigious
    •ransack •egregious
    •rigorous •fathom
    •bestow •promulgation

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