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Scandal nation : law and authorship in Britain, 1750-1832

Title
Scandal nation : law and authorship in Britain, 1750-1832 / Kathryn Temple.
Author
Temple, Kathryn, 1955-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.

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Description
x, 242 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History
  • Libel and slander > Great Britain > History
  • Piracy (Copyright) > Great Britain > History
  • Copyright infringement > Great Britain > History
  • Literary forgeries and mystifications > History
  • Authorship > History
  • Scandals > Great Britain > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the national print spectacle -- Printing like a postcolonialist : the Irish piracy of Sir Charles Grandison -- Ossian's embrace : Johnson, Macpherson, and the public domain -- Nation engendered : Catharine Macaulay's "Remarkable moving letter" and The history of England -- Libels of empire : Mary Prince and British slavery -- Epilogue : the ends of national scandal : globalization.
Call Number
JFE 03-3825
ISBN
0801440424 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002010658
OCLC
50164510
Author
Temple, Kathryn, 1955-
Title
Scandal nation : law and authorship in Britain, 1750-1832 / Kathryn Temple.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-3825
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