How Edgar Allan Poe Inspired the Edgar Awards
Discover how Edgar Allan Poe's detective Dupin inspired the Mystery Writers of America to name their prestigious annual awards.
The birth of the detective story
Inside the unstable mind
Gothic doom and decaying castles
The music of grief and the raven's shadow
diego Decode gothic clues to discover how Edgar Allan Poe invented the modern detective story.
diego The First Detective Story
A locked Paris room / Poe cracked the case / Dupin did it first
diego Poe's 1844 story introduced the concept of hiding an object by leaving it completely exposed.
Poe's legacy: Poe's detective Dupin was so influential that the Mystery Writers of America named their prestigious annual awards the 'Edgars' in his honor.
The process of exact thinking or logical reasoning. Edgar Allan Poe applied this analytical method in 1841 through his Parisian investigator, C. Auguste Dupin.
Which animal is revealed to be the killer in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'?
Which pirate's buried treasure is sought after in Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 story 'The Gold-Bug'?
Where is the stolen document hidden in Edgar Allan Poe's mystery 'The Purloined Letter'?
What term did Edgar Allan Poe use to describe C. Auguste Dupin's analytical method of deduction?