Title: The author's due
First published: 2002
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.
Subjects: History, Law and legislation, Book industries and trade, Copyright, Intellectual property, English literature, History and criticism, Printing, Authorship, Printing industry, Printing, history, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700
Places: England, Great Britain
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700
LC classification: Z325 .L84 2002