| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) |
| Contents |
Formal Considerations of the Dupin Tales -- 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and The Philadelphia Saturday News -- 'The Mystery of Marie RogĚŠt' and Various Newspaper Files -- 'The Purloined Letter' and Death-Bed Confessions -- Biographical Considerations of the Dupin Tales |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-139) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Characters -- Auguste Dupin
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| SUBJECT |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 fast |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Literature.
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Detective and mystery stories, American
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230616448 |
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0230616445 |
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9780230604704 |
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0230604706 |
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1282259946 |
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9781282259942 |
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