The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- First Published: 1841
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Detectives, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: Paris, France
Experimenting with many different fictional forms, such as the gothic tale, science fiction, occult fantasies, and satire, Poe gained great recognition in the early 1840's for his creation of a genre that has grown in popularity ever since: the so-called tale of ratiocination, or detective story, which features an amateur sleuth who, by superior deductive abilities, outsmarts criminals and outclasses the police. Such stories as “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Mystery of Marie Roget” created a small sensation in the United States when they were first published. “The...
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