Scandal nation : law and authorship in Britain, 1750-1832 /

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"Kathryn Temple argues that eighteenth-century Grub Street scandals involving print piracy, forgery, and copyright violation played a crucial role in the formation of British identity. Britain's expanding print culture demanded new ways of thinking about business and art. In this environme...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Temple, Kathryn, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History.
Libel and slander > Great Britain > History.
Piracy (Copyright) > Great Britain > History.
Copyright infringement > Great Britain > History.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History.
Authorship > History.
Scandals > Great Britain > History.
Écrivains et éditeurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Piratage (Droit d'auteur) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Infractions au droit d'auteur > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Faux et supercheries littéraires > Histoire.
Art d'écrire > Histoire.
Scandales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors and publishers.
Authorship.
Copyright infringement.
Libel and slander.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Piracy (Copyright)
Scandals.
Literarisches Leben
Skandal
Schriftsteller
Urheberrecht
Literatur
Literarische Fälschung
Auteurschap.
Ongeoorloofde reproductie.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Englisch.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Printing like a post-colonialist: the Irish piracy of Sir Charles Grandison
  • Ossian's embrace: Johnson, Macpherson, and the public domain
  • Nation engendered: Catharine Macaulay's remarkable moving letter and the history of England
  • Libels of empire: Mary Prince and British slavery.

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