Original copy [[electronic resource] ] : plagiarism and originality in nineteenth-century literature / / Robert Macfarlane

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465623203321
• Autore: Macfarlane Robert <1976->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 9786611155063; 1-281-15506-3; 0-19-153792-6; 1-4294-9192-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Classificazione: 18.05
• Disciplina: 820.908
• Soggetti: English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Plagiarism - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Originality in literature; Imitation in literature; Plagiaat; Bellettrie; Engels; Victoriaanse tijd; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Two theories of originality; Victorian originalities; 1. 'Romantic' Originality; Introduction; The new shibboleth; The Romantic handover; Purloined letters and plagiarism hunters; 2. Legitimizing Appropriation; Introduction; Composition and decomposition; Victorian selves and plagiarism; 'They wot not of it': unconscious plagiarism; Noble contagion; Conclusions; 3. George Eliot, Originality, and Plagiarism; Introduction; Eliot and 'entire' originality; Deep originality; The onlie begetter; The commonwealth and the general mind; The uses of unoriginality: Eliot and misquotationConclusions; 4. Charles Reade: The Realist as Plagiarist; Factual fictions; The double ; vision of Charles Reade; The 'Great System'; Conclusions; 5. Aesthetics of Salvage in the Fin-de-Siècle: Originality and Plagiarism in Pater, Wilde, and Johnson; Introduction; The cultivation of style and the breakdown of unity; Jewel-setting; Novitas: the turn to the dictionary; Refinement; Talent and tradition: the return to the library; 'Ancestral voices': the ghosts of Lionel Johnson; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a wide-ranging and elegantly written study of how 19th century culture thought about, and thought with, the idea of originality. It reveals how plagiarism was not only a theoretical concern of Victorian commentators on literature, but also provided a creative resource for many important writers.