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A 3 page paper which examines what makes a good detective story, and then applies the criteria to Doyle’s story, with emphasis on crime, detectives, atmosphere, and red herrings. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGspeckband.rtf
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detective fiction is a relatively recent literary genre. It is believed that the detective story actually originated with American gothic author Edgar Allan Poe, in his works "The Murders
of the Rue Morgue" (1841) and "The Purloined Letter" (Landrum 104). In these stories, Poe incorporated not a professional detective but a novice master of detection, and his stories
established the necessary criteria for all future detective stories: "Keen observation, superior reasoning, and the disciplined imagination of their protagonists" (Landrum 103). As detective fiction evolved, stories typically involved
a crime committed by an unknown perpetrator and a detective who must fit together the pieces of an oftentimes-complex investigative puzzle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle built upon the
literary foundation laid by Edgar Allan Poe with his Sherlock Holmes detective yarns so completely that the genre continues to bear his unmistakable influence to this day. One of
Doyles personal favorite of the Sherlock Holmes stories is "The Speckled Hand," and when writing about recommending this tale to a friend who enjoys reading detective fiction, it should be
approached in the same manner as a detective piecing together a crime. "The Speckled Band" should be evaluated based on the grounds of how it reflects the necessary criteria
of a good detective story, which characteristically includes the elements of crime, detectives, atmosphere, and red herrings. In this story, the crime that has been committed is murder. A
clearly distraught Miss Helen Stoner visits Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, with a murder mystery involving her twin sister, Julia, who was soon to be married. By
way of background, Miss Stoner informs Holmes and Watson that she and her sister have been living with their stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, since the death of their mother in
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