SAYERS DOROTHY L Autograph Manuscript unsigned outline [for

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SAYERS, DOROTHY L. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, outline [for a lecture?] entitled "Vogue of Detective Fiction," with scattered holograph corrections, in which some principles of detective fiction are discussed, and mentioning [Edgar Allan] Poe, [Charles] Dickens, [Émile] Gaboriau, [Arthur] Conan Doyle, and [Wilkie] Collins. 4 pages, 4to, ruled paper; some toning and brittling to edges, paper clip stain at upper left. (MRS) Np, nd

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Some of the headings include, "The Mystery Story or Thriller," "The Tale of Trickery," "The Detective Story," and "Political Security." Under this last heading are over 10 lines beginning: "When & where public sympathy tends to be against the Laws (administered by tyrannous or foreign rulers) the exploits of law-breakers are celebrated. Particularly where the police-system is felt to be harsh & oppressive. . . ."
Near the end: "Vogue of D[etective] F[iction] coincides with industrial revolution, the mechanisation & commercialisation of society & increased drabness of general outlook. . . ."