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Analysis of the Detectives Created by Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe

stories(Rollason, 1988). There is, of course, the same typical Poe elements, the triumph of rational reasoning, the superiority ...

Edgar Allan Poe versus Arthur Conan Doyle

In six pages this paper compares Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' with Doyle's 'The Adventure of t...

Literary Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper discusses how the crime fiction literary genre developed throughout the late 19th and early 20th centurie...

Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Works

indicates, be associated "with the sentimental writers of his time and earlier." When a reader stops to consider how much death is...

'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe, Dualism and Literary Parallels

In five pages this paper examines how sense, characters, and event are connected by Edgar Allan Poe through dualism and literary p...

Contrasts Between the World Perspectives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Wf Walter Mosley

In 6 pages this paper examines the contrasting worldviews featured in the detective works White Butterfly by Walter Mosley and The...

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

In six pages the ways in which this novel reflects the classic detective genre as established by Arthur Conan Doyle are considered...

Hard Boiled Private Eye Sherlock Holmes

In five pages this paper discusses the hard boiled nature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Five sources are ci...

Criminal or Detective Sherlock Holmes

In five pages the private eye with a love of cocaine and morphine are considered in this examination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1...

Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this paper examines the detective story as it relates to the life of its author Edgar Allan Poe. Nine sources are c...

The Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

a "filmy" eye, and in the narrators mind, it became an "evil" eye (Poe). The narrator, who is obviously mentally ill, decided he ...

Poe/Annabel Lee

a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Tales and Society

In 5 pages The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is the focus of this analysis of the social conflicts and expec...

Poe's Obsession with Beautiful Young Women Dying and the Influence of His Wife's Premature Death

In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...

Good Detective Fiction and a Consideration of The Adventures of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

grounds of how it reflects the necessary criteria of a good detective story, which characteristically includes the elements of cri...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

Edgar Allan Poe Interpretations

In seven pages interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' short story are presented by a comparative analy...

"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe

This essay pertains to Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" and offers analysis. Three pages in length, one source is cited. ...

Erikson as Applied to Poe

Psychosexual Development or Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development. Since Erikson is more compressive in terms of early exper...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Character Sherlock Holmes

leaving only what is possible, even where it may be improbable in order to find the solution. In catching the culprit it is also w...

Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles and Conflict

In five pages the ways in which the theme of conflict influences characters, diction, and syntax in this novel are explored. Two ...

Detective Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...

CSI, the Detective Genre, and "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe

This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...

Victorian Mindset in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson

discussion will illustrate these points, and references to the city of London are referred to whenever possible as they substantia...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

Two by Poe: “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”

fact. In "The Black Cat," the narrator tells readers that he was "docile" and "tender of heart" as a youth, and that he retained t...

Luchresi's Perspectives on "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...

Poe: "Annabel Lee"

was a child and I was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea, / But we loved with a love that was more than love-- / I and...