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Crimes of writing : problems in the containment of representation /
From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this pioneering book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing&qu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this pioneering book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing"--The forgeries of George Psalmanazar, the production of "fakelore," the "ballad scandals" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the imposture of Thomas Chatterton, and contemporary legislation regarding graffiti and pornography. In this way, she emphasizes the issues wh |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195362091 0195362098 9786610533428 6610533423 1280533420 9781280533426 |