Plagiarism : alchemy and remedy in higher education / Bill Marsh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Understanding Plagiarism -- 1. "A Flurry of Fascination": The (Anti)Plagiarism Cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Anatomy of a Literary Crime -- A Strange Mix of Contempt and Sympathy -- Temptations and Their Consequences -- Of Echoes, Settlements, and Surveillance Machines -- Conclusion: Fascination Revisited -- 2. The Plagiarism Debate: History and Contexts -- Plagiarism Defined -- Authorship, Ownership, and Writing -- Plagiarism and 'Societal Control' -- Conclusion: Writing Conventions -- 3. Plagiarism in the Early-Twentieth-Century 'New University' -- Learning to Write in the 'New University' -- The 'Golden Era' of Plagiarism Litigation -- Plagiarism and the Modern 'Research Attitude -- Conclusion: Plagiarism as Error -- 4. Plagiarism and the Alchemical Tradition -- Alchemy, Divinity, and Christian Remedy -- Remedium and the Birth of Scholastic Reading -- Reading Montaigne Reading -- Conclusion: Transmutation in the New University -- 5. How To Avoid Plagiarism -- How To Read Writing Handbooks -- Discipline and Credit -- Quote, Paraphrase, and Summary -- Conclusion: Synthesis and Alchemical Transmutation -- 6. Plagiarism, Research Writing, and the Spirit of Inquiry -- Assaying Montaigne in the Modern Essay -- Good Writing Habits and the Experience of Inspired Sermonizing -- Plagiarism and the Patchwriting Ferment -- Conclusion: Preliminary Recommendations for Research Writing Instruction -- 7. Internet Plagiarism and Plagiarism Detection -- Computers, the Internet, and the Plagiarism 'Epidemic' -- Plagiarism Detection Software: 1. Glatt , 2. EVE, 3. Plagiarism-Finder Turnitin.com and the Scriptural Enterprise of Plagiarism Detection -- Conclusion: Turnitin.com in the 'Managed' University -- Conclusion: The Ghost of Plagiarism in the Post-Media Machine.