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Edgar Allan Poe. 1809-49. Inventor of the modern detective story. C. Auguste Dupin. Prototype of Sherlock Holmes. Modeled after a real detective, Eugene Vidocq. Ratiocination.
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Edgar Allan Poe 1809-49
C. AugusteDupin Prototype of Sherlock Holmes Modeled after a real detective, Eugene Vidocq
Ratiocination • Solved crimes by following paradoxical clues: circumstances that often seemed mysterious often game him the precise clue which led to the solution. • Dupin represents intuition tempered with scientific knowledge. • His analysis of the crime is so profound that it is intuitive.