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The trouble with ownership : literary property and authorial liability in England, 1660-1730 / Jody Greene.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR431 .G69 2005
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LIBRA PR431 .G69 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Jody
- Series:
- Material texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Liability (Law)--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Liability (Law).
- Liability (Law)--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- Copyright--England--History--17th century.
- Copyright.
- Copyright--England--History--18th century.
- Authorship--History--17th century.
- Authorship.
- Authorship--History--18th century.
- History.
- England.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Part I The Trouble with Ownership
- 1 Authorship and the Regulation of the Press 25
- 2 The Trials of Ownership: Finding the Author in Court 63
- Part II The Dangerous Fate of Authors
- 3 Daniel Defoe, the Act of Anne, and the Obligations of Ownership 107
- 4 Revenge of the Straw Woman: Disowning The Dunciad 150
- 5 Hostis Humani Generis: Owning Polly 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812238621
- OCLC:
- 57531818
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