... can all detective stories be the same? The conventions of the detective story are reported to be more than 150 years old. It began with the famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe and his detective character C. Auguste Dupin, who uses his skills of observation, intuition, and deduction to solve crimes. The modern detective was then created 50 years later by Arthur ... credited with establishing the conventions of the detective story. The conventions of most detective series, including the popular TV series Matlock, are ultimately derived from the pattern established by Edgar Allan Poe an...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... can all detective stories be the same? The conventions of the detective story are reported to be more than 150 years old. It began with the famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe and his detective character C. Auguste Dupin, who uses his skills of observation, intuition, and deduction to solve crimes. The modern detective was then created 50 years later by Arthur ... credited with establishing the conventions of the detective story. The conventions of most detective series, including the popular TV series Matlock, are ultimately derived from the pattern established by Edgar Allan Poe an...

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... London around the year of 1889. The author of the novel is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel was converted into a movie in 2002 and was directed by David Attwood. Allan Cubbit wrote the screenplay, and the producer was Christopher Hall. Both the movie and the novel do a good job of maintaining suspense throughout the story line. The story line focuses ... ...

• Word Count: 1830
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... with a slight twist and the "Red Headed League" a "who dunnit" but they are all classed as crime mysteries. Most of Conan Doyle's earlier books were based around many of Edgar Allan Poe's writing. He is often referred to as the creator of detective stories. One of Doyle's short stories "The Speckled Band" is predominantly Poe- like. Poe wrote three short stories ... ...

• Word Count: 1220
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School