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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