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Paulina Kewes - Plagiarism in Early Modern England - 9780333998410 - V9780333998410
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Plagiarism in Early Modern England

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Description for Plagiarism in Early Modern England Hardback. This interdisciplinary study sets out at once to theorize and historicize plagiarism. In the first part there is a vigorous debate about the ethical, philosophical, artistic and legal implications of plagiarism. Individual essays in part two provide historical case studies. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
What Is plagiarism? How was it understood and judged in early modern England? This interdisciplinary study sets out at once to theorize and historicise plagiarism. The first part launches a vigorous debate about the ethical, philosophical, artistic, and legal implications of plagiarism. Individual essays in part two provide historical case studies. Variously centred on translations of the Bible, historiography, drama, poetry, dance treatises, sermons, and colonial grammars, the essays show how a nexus of concepts developed between the Renaissance and the early nineteenth century - plagiarism, imitation, forgery, copyright, and intellectual property - and how they have been defined and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333998410
SKU
V9780333998410
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About Paulina Kewes
PAUL BAINES Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Liverpool IAN DONALDSON Grace I Professor of English, Cambridge University BERTRAND A.GOLDGAR Professor of English, Lawrence University NICK GROOM Senior Lecturer, English Literature, University of Bristol BREAN S.HAMMOND Professor of English, University of Nottingham ANDREW HOPE teaches History in Kent HAROLD LOVE holds a personal chair in English, Monash University, Melbourne ... Read more

Reviews for Plagiarism in Early Modern England
''Plagiarism' has always been a dirty word. Yet what one generation regards as literary theft may, to another, seem legitimate borrowing or adaptation. By modern criteria, Shakespeare was a plagiarist, as was Handel, but their contemporaries did not see it that way. Neither historical relativism nor ex cathedra condemnation is a fitting stance from which to view past practices. This ... Read more

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