- PII
- S241377150000479-9-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S0000479-9-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 77 / Issue 5 2
- Pages
- 60-66
- Abstract
- The essay examines the genre of mystery tales in the works of Edgar Allan Poe. It focuses not so much on the elements of his well-read and thoroughly examined tales that will become formulas of the detective genre thereafter but on the inherent fluidity of their generic boundaries - namely, on what features Dupin stories as non-classical detective narratives. It argues that Poe invented and bestowed on world literature a genre that already contains potential for experiment and, as its best samples demonstrate, seeks transgression of its own conventions. Besides Dupin circle, the article discusses the lesser-known story "Thou Art the Man" that lacks scholarly attention in Russia.
- Keywords
- Edgar A. Poe, detective, genre, generic boundaries, Nineteenth-century American literature
- Date of publication
- 01.03.2018
- Year of publication
- 2018
- Number of purchasers
- 8
- Views
- 1270
RAS History & PhilologyРусская речь Russkaya rech
- ISSN (Print) 0131-6117
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5928
POE''S GIFT: DETECTIVE GENRE AND ITS BOUNDARIES
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