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Originality and intellectual property in the French and English Enlightenment / edited by Reginald McGinnis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 6.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2009Description: xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415962889
  • 9780415962889
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.94209033 22
LOC classification:
  • PR448.P55 O75 2009
Contents:
Plagiarism and paternity in Dryden's adaptations / Robert W. McHenry, Jr. -- Kidnapped and counterfeit characters : eighteenth-century fan fiction, copyright law, and the custody of fictional characters / Elizabeth F. Judge -- Copyright, originality, and the public domain in eighteenth-century England / Simon Stern -- On plagiarism, originality, textual ownership, and textual responsibility : the case of Jacques le fataliste / Anne Sechin -- "Odd scratches and marks" : Thomas Gainsborough and the idiosyncrasy of the brush / Cristina S. Martinez -- Byron and the scandal of paternity : anonymity, plagiarism, and the natural rights of authors / Tilar J. Mazzeo -- Originality in the Enlightenment and beyond / John Vignaux Smyth.
Summary: "Addressing the concepts of originality and intellectual property from perspectives bridging law, literature, visual arts, philosophy and history, this book offers new interpretations of central issues in recent scholarship, examining how "originality"—a fundamental idea whose origins and evolution have been imperfectly understood—came to have different values and meanings."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.

Plagiarism and paternity in Dryden's adaptations / Robert W. McHenry, Jr. -- Kidnapped and counterfeit characters : eighteenth-century fan fiction, copyright law, and the custody of fictional characters / Elizabeth F. Judge -- Copyright, originality, and the public domain in eighteenth-century England / Simon Stern -- On plagiarism, originality, textual ownership, and textual responsibility : the case of Jacques le fataliste / Anne Sechin -- "Odd scratches and marks" : Thomas Gainsborough and the idiosyncrasy of the brush / Cristina S. Martinez -- Byron and the scandal of paternity : anonymity, plagiarism, and the natural rights of authors / Tilar J. Mazzeo -- Originality in the Enlightenment and beyond / John Vignaux Smyth.

"Addressing the concepts of originality and intellectual property from perspectives bridging law, literature, visual arts, philosophy and history, this book offers new interpretations of central issues in recent scholarship, examining how "originality"—a fundamental idea whose origins and evolution have been imperfectly understood—came to have different values and meanings."--Publisher description.

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