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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ross, Trevor Thornton, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Copyright > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Democracy and the arts > Great Britain.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Droit d'auteur > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Démocratie et arts > Grande-Bretagne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Copyright.
Democracy and the arts.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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