Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Anyway, there is clearly an appeal to true-life
criminal exploits. So
> how far back does it go? If I remember correctly,
didn't Poe and
> Dickens both base detectives (arguably the first
fictional detectives)
> on the memoirs of a French (?) thief taker? Not
exactly a crook, but
> not really a cop either.
You mean Gaboriau, who wrote his memoirs early in the 19th
century and became sort of a example for Poe and Dickens,
like you said.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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