Authors and Owners by Mark Rose

Authors and Owners by Mark Rose

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The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces its formation in eighteenth-century Britain—and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property.

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Authors and Owners by Mark Rose

The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces its formation in eighteenth-century Britainand in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property.
[An] elegant and concise study-- John Sutherland * London Review of Books *
Serves as a model of how literary theory can breathe new life into a well-known and perhaps even fashionable subject by endowing it with conceptual discipline. -- Richard Wendorf * Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 *
An elegant book; stylishly written, pleasingly designed and meticulously documented and researched. -- Jane Dorner * Times Higher Education Supplement *
[Rose’s] erudite book is not a practitioner’s manual nor an exposition of modern copyright law, but is a valuable contribution to the history and philosophy of copyright. -- William L. Hayhurst * Canadian Business Law Journal *
Mark Rose is Research Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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ISBN 13 9780674053090
ISBN 10 0674053095
Title Authors and Owners
Author Mark Rose
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1995-08-11
Number of pages 190
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.