RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Foretelling darwinism, revising race: Poe's scientific discourse in "The murders in the rue Morgue" A1 Miquel-Baldellou, Marta K1 Poe, Edgar Allan AB Having recently celebrated the bicentenary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth, his tales still remainan invaluable source of ongoing interpretation. The first tale that conforms his detectivetrilogy, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, has been analysed from multiple perpectives,especially taking into consideration the discourse of race as a main focus of attention.Nonetheless, detective Auguste Dupin’s references to Georges Cuvier, an important preDarwinianFrench naturalist and zoologist, have often been unnoticed. This article aimsat identifying pre-Darwinian concepts about selection and evolution in Poe’s tale so as tofacilitate readings of the tale in relation to Darwinism and evolutionary theories PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 0211-5913 YR 2013 FD 2013 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/2500 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/2500 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 23-abr-2024