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Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright
Mark Rose
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Description for Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright
paperback. The notion of the author as the creator and first owner of a work is a relatively modern conception. This work traces its formation in 18th-century Britain and, in the process, highlights issues still current in intellectual property. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1DBKW; LA; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain—and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.
The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain—and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674053090
SKU
V9780674053090
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About Mark Rose
Mark Rose is Research Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reviews for Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright
[An] elegant and concise study.
John Sutherland
London Review of Books
Serves as a model of how literary theory can breathe new life into a well-known and perhaps even fashionable subject by endowing it with conceptual discipline.
Richard Wendorf
Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900
An elegant book; stylishly written, pleasingly designed and meticulously documented ... Read more
John Sutherland
London Review of Books
Serves as a model of how literary theory can breathe new life into a well-known and perhaps even fashionable subject by endowing it with conceptual discipline.
Richard Wendorf
Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900
An elegant book; stylishly written, pleasingly designed and meticulously documented ... Read more