The Plagiarism Allegation in English Literature from Butler to Sterne

ISBN-13: 9780230272675 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 215 str.

Richard Terry

Opis

Contributing to the growth in plagiarism studies, this timely new book highlights the impact of the allegation of plagiarism on the working lives of some of the major writers of the period, and considers plagiarism in relation to the emergence of literary copyright and the aesthetic of originality.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction 'Plagiarism': The Emergence of a Literary Concept  Plagiarism, Authorial Fame and Proprietary Authorship  Plagiarism and the Burden of Tradition in Dryden and Others  Plagiarism and Sufficiency  Pope and Plagiarism  Johnson and the Lauder Affair  The Plagiarism Allegation and the Female Author Plagiarism, Imitation and Originality  Sterne: the Plagiarist as Genius Epilogue Bibliography Index

O autorze

Richard Terry is currently Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature at Northumbria University, UK, having worked for many years previously at the University of Sunderland. He has written numerous articles on aspects of eighteenth-century literature. His monograph Poetry and the Making of the English Literary Past 1660-1781 was published in 2001.