Title The trouble with ownership : literary property and authorial liability in England, 1660-1730 / Jody Greene

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations Series Material texts Material texts. Contents Authorship and the regulation of the press -- The trials of ownership : finding the author in court -- Daniel Defoe, the Act of Anne, and the obligations of ownership -- Revenge of the Straw Woman : disowning The dunciad -- Hostis humani generis : owning Polly Summary Nowadays, copyright is primarily a matter of commercial interest, but it was not always so. As Jody Greene shows, in former times copyright was also a matter of responsibility and as such manifested a radically different set of concerns. This book explores copyright from the perspective of state regulation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Liability (Law) -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Liability (Law) -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Copyright -- England -- History -- 17th century Copyright -- England -- History -- 18th century Authorship -- History -- 17th century Authorship -- History -- 18th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Authorship. Copyright. English literature. English literature -- Early modern. Liability (Law) England. Great Britain. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812202090 0812202090 1283211661 9781283211666

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