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How the Detective Novel Became a Foundational Narrative Archetype Overview A comprehensive analysis of the detective novel, tracing its origins and historical evolution before exploring its profound and pervasive influence on all major fiction genres. The central argument is that…

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Chapter 2: The Two Pillars of a Genre: The Golden Age and Hardboiled Counterpoint

August 22, 2025

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Chapter 2: The Two Pillars of a Genre: The Golden Age and Hardboiled Counterpoint Following Poe’s foundation, the detective genre evolved into two distinct and philosophically opposed schools of thought: the “Golden Age” of the “whodunit” and the American “hardboiled”…

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Chapter 3: The Global Diffusion of the Detective Story

August 22, 2025

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Chapter 3: The Global Diffusion of the Detective Story The detective story is not an exclusively Anglo-American phenomenon; its narrative structure has proven to be a universal framework for exploring local social and cultural issues.1 In Italy, the genre, known…

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History of The Detective Novel Genre: Chapter 5

September 8, 2025

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Chapter 5: Unraveling the Human Psyche: Detective Tropes in Psychological and Gothic Thrillers.While Poe’s detective fiction emphasized logical solutions, his broader body of work also laid the groundwork for the gothic and psychological genres, which use suspense and atmospheric dread…

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History of the Detective Novel Chapter 6

September 8, 2025

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Chapter 6: The Pursuit of Justice: The Detective in Legal and Historical Fiction The detective novel’s structure is also a powerful vessel for exploring themes of justice and history. The legal thriller, for example, is a specialized form of the…

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History of the Detective Novel Chapter 7 -Broadening the Appeal

September 8, 2025

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Chapter 7: Broadening the Appeal: The Detective’s Role in Popular Fiction The detective narrative’s fundamental appeal is so broad that it has been seamlessly integrated into popular fiction genres that do not traditionally center on crime. The Young Adult (YA)…

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History of the Detective Novel – The Enduring Legacy of the Logic Puzzle

September 8, 2025

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Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of the Logic Puzzle The detective novel, from its inception in the mind of Edgar Allan Poe, has evolved from a specific genre into a foundational narrative archetype that permeates all of fiction. Its enduring legacy…

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AI: An Ancient Dream and Future Horizon

August 19, 2025

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This historical overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI), traces its origins from ancient myths and philosophical concepts across diverse civilisations to its modern advancements. Learn how early ideas of artificial life and logic led to the mechanisation of reason, with the development of formal logic and…

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The Human Blueprint – Part three: The Cosmic Perspective, and the Search for Others

July 16, 2025

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IV. The Cosmic Perspective: Rarity, Ubiquity, and the Search for Others The discussion of human optimality and hypothetical alien forms is incomplete without considering the broader cosmic context. The probability of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the universe directly shapes…

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Are we talking Cyborgs here?

May 16, 2025

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What’s been happening in the wild world of connecting brains to computers since that 2005 Google patent? Well there’s still work going on in developing tech helping people do things just by thinking about it. The big buzzword is Brain-Computer…

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in 2005 Google Patented a System for Producing Artificial Telepathy

May 16, 2025

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Google and the “Artificial Telepathy” Patent: What Happened? Back in 2005, a patent surfaced that captured the public imagination, hinting at a future straight out of science fiction: “Artificial Telepathy.” Filed by inventors Lynne Moody and Miles Phillips Moody and…

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Computers you could buy in 1979

November 29, 2023

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