MSc/MA by research
Master's Degree
| Status | Complete |
|---|---|
| Part Time | Yes |
| Years | 2008 - 2010 |
| Project Title | The influence of duality and Poe?s notion of the ?Bi-Part Soul? on the genesis of detective fiction in the nineteenth-century |
| Project Description | This thesis examines the meaning, origin and influence of Edgar Allan Poe’s notion of the ‘Bi-Part Soul’, and the associated theme of duality, in selected texts of nineteenth-century detective fiction. Poe’s detective opus, ‘The Murders in the R |
| Awarding Institution | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Director of Studies | Linda Dryden |
| Second Supervisor | Anne Schwan |
| Thesis | The influence of duality and Poe’s notion of the ‘bi-part soul’ on the genesis of detective fiction in the Nineteenth-Century |