"Supernatural" is a difficult word altogether--for if a thing
"is," then it is "natural," not
"supernatural." Rob
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tribe wrote:
>
> I don't think that Stansberry sees "the
supernatural
> as a significant element" in Poe's
detective
> fiction.
> The way I interpret it is that Poe sees the
rational
> method of crime-solving as just another
> manifestation
> of the supernatural, according to
Stansberry
> "process
> and logic-indeed the act of analysis
itself-are
> ultimately viewed as further manifestations of
the
> supernatural."
>
> ***************
> I think the detective's reasoning is a
significant
> element in the stories. Stansberry finds his
logic
> to
> be a "manifestation of the supernatural." I
link
> these two premises and come up with the
supernatural
> as a significant part of the stories.
>
> I didn't see any "manifestation of the
supernatural"
> in "Murder in the Rue Morgue" or "The Death of
Marie
> Roget".
>
> His comment about rational thinking being close
to
> the
> supernatural is conceivable, since rational
thinking
> accepts truth outside experience, but if
we're
> playing
> word games and leaning towards that definition,
then
> the detective's logic is empirical, not
rational,
> and
> I see nothing supernatural about that.
>
> The essay employs sleight of hand more than
once.
>
>
> miker
>
>
>
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