03867nam 22007934a 450 991046562320332120200520144314.097866111550631-281-15506-30-19-153792-61-4294-9192-2(CKB)2560000000296105(EBL)3052728(OCoLC)316257612(SSID)ssj0000088600(PQKBManifestationID)11111118(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088600(PQKBWorkID)10082431(PQKB)10126025(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073536(MiAaPQ)EBC3052728(Au-PeEL)EBL3052728(CaPaEBR)ebr10271555(CaONFJC)MIL115506(EXLCZ)99256000000029610520070726d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOriginal copy[electronic resource] plagiarism and originality in nineteenth-century literature /Robert MacfarlaneOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929650-2 0-19-171191-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-235) and index.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 mindThe 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; MNO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis 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.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismPlagiarismGreat BritainHistory19th centuryOriginality in literatureImitation in literaturePlagiaatgttBellettriegttEngelsgttVictoriaanse tijdgttElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.PlagiarismHistoryOriginality in literature.Imitation in literature.Plagiaat.Bellettrie.Engels.Victoriaanse tijd.820.90818.05bclMacfarlane Robert1976-811860MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465623203321Original copy2102029UNINA