This seminar paper investigates the role of Poe in the history of the detective story as a genre. Nobody knows exactly what killed him (cf. Poe’s death in 1849 may be one of the most bizarre things about his life. It is a pity that “unlike all the rest of his literary contemporaries, he had never a dollar in his live save with his pen (Pattee 120)”, whereas his works are now studied and enjoyed wherever we read about English. Nowadays, Poe still has a great influence on American and world literature (cf. He ever dreamed of founding his own magazine, but this never happened. “He was a magazinist, fitting from magazine to magazine, now as editor, now as contributing assistant, now as hack writer and literary adventurer (Pattee 119)”. For this reason, he even considered giving up writing and and wrote for very low wages (cf. His whole lifetime, he was poor and had problems to secure an editorship. His wife, his “greatest and only stimulus to battle with this uncongenial, unsatisfactory and ungrateful life (Thompson xl) 3, died “amid surroundings of utter poverty (Pattee 120)” early at the age of 24.
He lived a bleak life which was characterized by his scandalous biography: alcohol, drugs 2, financial problems and his marriage with his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm when he was 27 (cf. “Before (…) Edgar was old enough to remember them, both of his parents were dead (Pattee 116)” and the rest of his life was not coined by luck as well. On January 19th, 1809 Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts (cf. Furthermore, many claim him to be the father of the detective story and the question, if he really is, is supposed to be the main topic of this seminar paper. He was a master of suspense and of the macabre and succeeded in many different types of literature such as horror, poetry, criticism, mystery, tales and sketches. Rachman 25).Įdgar Allan Poe was one of the most famous American authors, who is especially famous for his over seventy short stories. With these words, the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, author of The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries 1, emphasises the importance of Edgar Allan Poe, who had influenced not only his own work but also the whole genre of detective fiction (cf. To him must be ascribed the monstrous progeny of writers on the detection of crime … Each may find some little development on his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin (Doyle 117-118, quoted from Rachman 25)”. C onclusion: Poe as the Undisputed Father of the Detective Story Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.2.2 Origins of Detective Fiction/ Early Ancestors of the Genreģ.1 The Murders in the Rue Morgue – Which Typical Elements of Detective Fiction are already Present in Poe’s Dupin Stories?ģ.2 What did Poe himself Say about his Detective Stories?Ĥ. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here.
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