Literary influence and significance C. Auguste Dupin

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sherlock holmes 1 of several fictional detectives influenced dupin.


c. auguste dupin acknowledged first detective in fiction. character served prototype many created later, including sherlock holmes arthur conan doyle , hercule poirot agatha christie. conan doyle once wrote, each [of poe s detective stories] root whole literature has developed... detective story until poe breathed breath of life it?


many tropes later become commonplace in detective fiction first appeared in poe s stories: eccentric brilliant detective, bumbling constabulary, first-person narration close personal friend. dupin initiates storytelling device detective announces solution , explains reasoning leading it. sherlock holmes, dupin uses considerable deductive prowess , observation solve crimes. poe portrays police in unsympathetic manner sort of foil detective.


the character helped established genre of detective fiction, distinct mystery fiction, emphasis on analysis , not trial-and-error. brander matthews wrote: true detective story poe conceived not in mystery itself, rather in successive steps whereby analytic observer enabled solve problem might dismissed beyond human elucidation. in fact, in 3 stories star dupin, poe created 3 types of detective fiction established model future stories: physical type ( murders in rue morgue ), mental ( mystery of marie rogêt ), , balanced version of both ( purloined letter ).


fyodor dostoevsky called poe enormously talented writer , favorably reviewed poe s detective stories. character porfiry petrovich in dostoevsky s novel crime , punishment influenced dupin.








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