04392nam 2200901 a 450 991045764560332120200520144314.01-283-21166-197866132116680-8122-0209-010.9783/9780812202090(CKB)2550000000051263(OCoLC)658059644(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491968(SSID)ssj0000545211(PQKBManifestationID)11926049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000545211(PQKBWorkID)10554039(PQKB)10294275(MiAaPQ)EBC3441511(OCoLC)607611342(MdBmJHUP)muse8311(DE-B1597)449067(OCoLC)1013963242(OCoLC)1037982460(OCoLC)1041993131(OCoLC)1046614786(OCoLC)1047014402(OCoLC)1049629896(OCoLC)1054881054(OCoLC)979630906(DE-B1597)9780812202090(Au-PeEL)EBL3441511(CaPaEBR)ebr10491968(CaONFJC)MIL321166(EXLCZ)99255000000005126320041115d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe trouble with ownership[electronic resource] literary property and authorial liability in England, 1660-1730 /Jody GreenePhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20051 online resource (283 p.) Material textsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-3862-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The trouble with ownership -- pt. 2. The dangerous fate of authors.Copyright and intellectual property issues are intricately woven into any written work, but the precise nature of this relationship has plagued authors, printers, and booksellers for centuries. What does it mean to own the products of our intellectual labors in our own time? And what was the meaning three centuries ago, when copyright laws were first put into place?Jody Greene argues that while "owning" one's book is critical to the development of modern notions of authorship, studies of authorial property rights have in fact lost sight of the most critical valence of owning in early modern England: that is, owning up to or taking responsibility for one's work. Greene puts forth what she calls a "paranoid theory of copyright," under which literary property rights are a means of state regulation to assign responsibility for printed works, to identify one person who will step forward and claim the work in exchange for the right to reap the benefits of the literary marketplace. Blending research from legal, historical, and literary archives and drawing on the troubled authorial careers of figures such as Roger L'Estrange, Elizabeth Cellier, Daniel Defoe, John Gay, and Alexander Pope, The Trouble with Ownership looks to the literary culture of early modern England to reveal the intimate relationship between proprietary authorship and authorial liability.Material texts.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismLiability (Law)Great BritainHistory17th centuryLiability (Law)Great BritainHistory18th centuryEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismCopyrightEnglandHistory17th centuryCopyrightEnglandHistory18th centuryAuthorshipHistory17th centuryAuthorshipHistory18th centuryElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Liability (Law)HistoryLiability (Law)HistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.CopyrightHistoryCopyrightHistoryAuthorshipHistoryAuthorshipHistory820.9/3554/09032Greene Jody1030336MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457645603321The trouble with ownership2447172UNINA