Originality and intellectual property in the French and English Enlightenment
By: edited by Reginald McGinnis.
Contributors: McGinnis, Reginald, 1959-
Series: Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature -- 6
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780415962889
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Plagiarism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Plagiarism -- France -- History -- 18th century; Originality in literature; Imitation in literature; Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Intellectual property -- France -- History -- 18th century; Copyright -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Copyright -- France -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Reginald McGinnis; title: Plagiarism and paternity in Dryden's adaptations / Robert W. McHenry, Jr; title: Kidnapped and counterfeit characters: eighteenth-century fan fiction, copyright law, and the custody of fictional characters / Elizabeth F. Judge; title: Copyright, originality, and the public domain in eighteenth-century England / Simon Stern; title: On plagiarism, originality, textual ownership and textual responsibility: the case of Jacques le Fataliste / Anne Sechin; title: "Odd scratches and marks": Thomas Gainsborough and the idiosyncrasy of the brush / Cristina S. Martinez; title: Byron and the scandal of paternity : anonymity, plagiarism, and the natural rights of authors / Tilar J. Mazzeo; title: Originality in the Enlightenment and beyond / John Vignaux Smyth.