E.A. Poe’s Influence on A.C. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Series: An Analysis

  • Unique Paper ID: 156750
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 1269-1271
  • Abstract:
  • The present paper aims at exploring E.A. Poe’s Influence on A.C. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Series. Edgar Allan Poe gave the precise definition of short story along with its technique and established detective fiction as a genre. M. Dupin, the amateur detective is the central figure in the stories of E.A. Poe, Sir A.C. Doyle, the greatest writer of detective fiction was greatly influenced by E.A. Poe’s detective, Dupin and his technique of writing detective fiction. A.C. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series is greatly inspired and influenced by E.A. Poe’s writings. Through the present study this aspect is well explained.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 1269-1271

E.A. Poe’s Influence on A.C. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Series: An Analysis

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