Writing in Public : Literature and the Liberty of the Press in Eighteenth-Century Britain /

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Building upon his previous work on the emergence of "literature," Trevor Ross offers a history of how the public function of literature changed as a result of developing press freedoms during the period from 1760 to 1810. Writing in Public examines the laws of copyright, defamation, and se...

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Autor principal: Ross, Trevor Thornton, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Literature and society.
Democracy and the arts.
Copyright.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Democratie et arts > Grande-Bretagne.
Droit d'auteur > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Democracy and the arts > Great Britain.
Copyright > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing in Public; Copyright; 1. Literature in the Public Domain; 2. The Fate of Style in an Age of Intellectual Property; Defamation and Privacy; 3. What Does Literature Publicize?; 4. How Criticism Became Privileged Speech: The Case of Carr v. Hood (1808); Seditious Libel; 5. Literature and the Freedom of Mind; Epilogue: Unacknowledged Legislators; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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