The author's due
Subtitle: printing and the prehistory of copyright
By: Joseph Loewenstein.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Book industries and trade -- England -- History; Printing -- England -- History; Book industries and trade -- Law and legislation -- England -- History; Printing industry -- Law and legislation -- England -- History; Copyright -- England -- History; Intellectual property -- England -- History; Authorship -- History; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Description: This study offers an institutional and cultural history of books, the book trade, and the bibliographic ego. The author traces the emergence of possessive authorship from the establishment of a printing industry in England to the passage of the 1710 Statute of Anne, which provided the legal underpinnings for modern copyright. Along the way he demonstrates that the culture of books, including the idea of the author, is intimately tied to the practical trade of publishing those books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-336) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to bibliographical politics; title: The reformation of the press : patent, copyright, piracy; title: Monopolies commercial and doctrinal; title: Ingenuity and the mercantile muse; title: Monopolizing culture : two case studies; title: Personality and print : the genetics of intellectual property; title: Milton's talent : the emergence of authorial copyright; title: Authentic reproductions.