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Not only did Doyle acknowledge Poe. Holmes himself scoffed at the (in his universe) fictional Dupin, and demonstrated on several occasions similar lines of reas

by bouvin 7y ago

Not only did Doyle acknowledge Poe. Holmes himself scoffed at the (in his universe) fictional Dupin, and demonstrated on several occasions similar lines of reasoning (e.g., determining what Watson was thinking about after long silences).

velcrovan 7y ago
Doyle had a poetic exchange with a critic who tried to call him out on Sherlock Holmes’s scoffing at Dupin when it was well known that Holmes was partly based on Dupin. Doyle’s riposte: Sure there are times when one cries with acidity, 'Where are the limits of human stupidity?' Here is a critic who says as a platitude That I am guilty because 'in gratitude Sherlock, the sleuth-hound, with motives ulterior, Sneers at Poe's Dupin as "very inferior".' Have you not learned, my esteemed communicator, That the created is not the creator? As the creator I've praised to satiety Poe's Monsieur Dupin, his skill and variety, And have admitted that in my detective work I owe to my model a deal of selective work. But is it not on the verge of inanity To put down to me my creation's crude vanity? He, the created, would scoff and would sneer, Where I, the creator, would bow and revere. So please grip this fact with your cerebral tentacle: The doll and its maker are never identical. — https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/To_An_Undiscerning_Critic https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/To_An_Undiscern...
- rramadass 7y ago
  I knew of this! :-) The above and more can be found in "The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes" compiled by Richard Lancelyn Green - https://www.amazon.com/Uncollected-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan/dp/014006432X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+uncollected+sherlock+holmes&qid=1567050005&s=gateway&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Uncollected-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Co... (get a used copy).
jhallenworld 7y ago
Poe of course also has a big influence on modern horror such as H.P. Lovecraft. But I always found Poe's stories a bit more disturbing than modern ones: they are told from the point of view of the murderer.

by bouvin 7y ago

velcrovan 7y ago

Doyle had a poetic exchange with a critic who tried to call him out on Sherlock Holmes’s scoffing at Dupin when it was well known that Holmes was partly based on Dupin. Doyle’s riposte: Sure there are times when one cries with acidity, 'Where are the limits of human stupidity?' Here is a critic who says as a platitude That I am guilty because 'in gratitude Sherlock, the sleuth-hound, with motives ulterior, Sneers at Poe's Dupin as "very inferior".' Have you not learned, my esteemed communicator, That the created is not the creator? As the creator I've praised to satiety Poe's Monsieur Dupin, his skill and variety, And have admitted that in my detective work I owe to my model a deal of selective work. But is it not on the verge of inanity To put down to me my creation's crude vanity? He, the created, would scoff and would sneer, Where I, the creator, would bow and revere. So please grip this fact with your cerebral tentacle: The doll and its maker are never identical. — https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/To_An_Undiscerning_Critic https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/To_An_Undiscern...

rramadass 7y ago
I knew of this! :-) The above and more can be found in "The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes" compiled by Richard Lancelyn Green - https://www.amazon.com/Uncollected-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan/dp/014006432X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+uncollected+sherlock+holmes&qid=1567050005&s=gateway&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Uncollected-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Co... (get a used copy).

jhallenworld 7y ago

Poe of course also has a big influence on modern horror such as H.P. Lovecraft. But I always found Poe's stories a bit more disturbing than modern ones: they are told from the point of view of the murderer.