Rue Morgue
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Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rue Morgue canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional street
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptationOf |
film adaptations of The Murders in the Rue Morgue
ⓘ
radio adaptations of The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ television adaptations of The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
C. Auguste Dupin
ⓘ
unnamed narrator of The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | France ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationIn | Paris ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1841 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| genreContext |
detective fiction
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere | claustrophobic urban setting ⓘ |
| hasCrimeTypeContext | locked-room mystery ⓘ |
| hasFictionalBuilding | apartment where the murders occur ⓘ |
| hasMotiveContext | apparently motiveless crime ⓘ |
| hasReputationInFiction | sinister place ⓘ |
| hasThemeContext | rational analysis vs. apparent impossibility ⓘ |
| influenced | development of crime fiction settings ⓘ |
| inspiredWorks | later detective fiction settings ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalCity | Paris ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | crime scene setting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest detective story settings
ⓘ
eerie and macabre atmosphere ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationVenue |
Graham's Magazine
ⓘ
surface form:
Graham’s Magazine
|
| partOfWorkCanon | C. Auguste Dupin stories ⓘ |
| publicationContext | 19th-century periodical literature ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
ⓘ
The Purloined Letter ⓘ |
| settingOfEvent | double murder in The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| workContextAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.