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Crimes of writing : problems in the containment of representation

From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this pioneering book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing&qu...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Fformat: Online Resource Llyfr
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: New York : Oxford University Press , 1991
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:lizenzpflichtig
Eitemau Perthynol:Erscheint auch als: Crimes of writing
Nodiadau'r Awdur:Susan Stewart
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Crynodeb:From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this pioneering book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing"--The forgeries of George Psalmanazar, the production of "fakelore," the "ballad scandals" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the imposture of Thomas Chatterton, and contemporary legislation regarding graffiti and pornography. In this way, she emphasizes the issues wh
Disgrifiad o'r Eitem:Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-310) and index. - Description based on print version record
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:Online Ressource (x, 353 p.) ill.
ISBN:9780195362091
0195362098