EDGAR ALLAN POE AS A WRITER OF DETECTIVE FICTION

Abstract

Edgar Allan Poe is a well-known personality in the arena of literature especially in the world of Detective Fiction. Edgar Allan Poe has got the status of being the father of detective fiction because his The Murders in the Rue Morgue has been considered as a model of detective stories. There have been some stories that have also been a topic for discussion for being the blueprint of detective fiction but the scientific structure and method used in The Murders in the Rue Morgue are used by the first time which made it a perfect example. After the arrival of this story, a lot of writers tried their hands at this sub-genre including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Though Poe has written crime stories too but he didn’t portray any detective in these stories and that’s they are not considered as detective stories. The main highlight in Poe’s detective fiction is his hero, C. Auguste Dupin, who is an amateur Parisian detective. The other two detective stories of Poe are The Mystery of Marié Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter. Detective fiction came as a new leaf in the field of literature and readers became fan of detective stories. Since the beginning of its arrival, detective fiction has always seen popularity.