This document provides an overview of detective stories and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions. It defines a detective as someone who investigates and solves crimes. Detective stories introduce a crime for the detective to investigate. Poe is considered the father of detective fiction for introducing key elements in stories like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", including the amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin. The document then summarizes Poe's short story "The Purloined Letter", where Dupin is able to find a stolen letter by realizing it was hidden in plain sight rather than an elaborate hiding place.

1. Subject : American Literature
Roll No : 12
Prepared by : Krupali K Lewade
(krupaliklewade@gmail.com)
•Submitted to :
SMT. S.B.GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
(MKBU)

2. Meaning of Detective & Detective
story.
Characteristic of Detective story.
Edgar Allen Poe as father of
Detective story.
Purloined Letter as a Detective
story.

3. Detective & Detective
stories
Detective :- A person, especially a
police officer ,
Whose occupation is to investigate &
solve the crime.
Detective story, type of popular
literature in which crime is
introduced and investigate.

4. A Detective must be Memorable.
A crime must be significant.
A criminal must be worthy opponent.
All suspects must available.
All clues must be available.
Solution must be logical.

5. Edgar Allen Poe as Father of Detective
Story
• Poe is considered as
inventor of the
‘Detective Fiction’.
• Detective story must
play fair.
• In just three stories
he created amateur
detective.

6. The Murders In The Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Purloined Letter

7. As Detective Story

8. C.Auguste
Dupin
G.Monsieur
The
Narrator
Minister D
Royal Lady

9. The Title of the story suggest that it is about Letter.
Letter belong to an unnamed female.
Letter contents are being used by Minister -D to
blackmail the women.
Prefect is still searching for the Letter.
He offers Dupin 50,000 Fances for Letter.
Dupin produced Letter.

10. Dupin explains that Minister-D knew
that police detective would have
assumed that the Blackmailer would have
concealed the letter in elaborate hiding
place.
Letter was hide in plain sight.
This shows quality of Detective.