It is nearly fifty years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe ... is thrown upon the source of Poe's inspiration. Besides the Memoir by Professor Woodberry, the Tales, Criticisms, and Poems are ...
The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan ... to Poe, many Bostonians doubtless would have been familiar with crime tales ...