Omtale fra Bokbasen
Plagiarism, the act of passing off other people's ideas or words as one's own, has always aroused strong feelings and acrimonious debate. This book examines a wide variety of potentially transgressive writing practices (literary, philosophical, historiographical, technical writings, and Bible translations) within the framework of the early modern culture of imitation (1400-1700). At that time, when the Romantic ideal of originality was still in the remote future, the "imitation" of other writers was regarded as legitimate and indeed unavoidable; in consequence, the perception of what constituted transgressive borrowing was very different from ours. Yet debates and quarrels often arose between writers who accused each other of "plundering," "stealing" or "usurping" other writers' texts; such metaphors occupied the ground that would later be designated by the word "plagiarism" itself. A consideration of this prehistory enhances our modern understanding of plagiarism. Levert av © DnBB AS

Kort omtale fra Nielsen Bookdata
Focuses on plagiarism as practiced and perceived in Early Modern times (15th to 17th century), in its relation and opposition to the accepted and canonical mode of literary/artistic appropriation, namely imitation (in its many different forms). This book seeks a concept of plagiarism prior to our modern, post-romanticism understanding of the term.

Omtale fra Nielsen Bookdata
In our days plagiarism has become a subject of frequent dispute, accentuated by conflicts regarding the use of sources in textbooks, the way journalists and students use the internet in their writing, etc. The aim of this volume is a joint effort by a group of leading scholars to historicise the pressing contemporary problem of plagiarism by looking closely at various practices of textual transfer among a number of Early Modern writers. The focus of this book is plagiarism as practiced and perceived in Early Modern times (15th to 17th century), in its relation and opposition to the accepted and canonical mode of literary/artistic appropriation, namely imitation (in its many different forms). The book seeks a concept of plagiarism prior to our modern, post-romanticism understanding of the term.In the Early Modern period, the concept as such was never clearly defined, most likely because it was not conceived in opposition to romantic originality, but in the same spectrum as imitation. There was no legal protection of literary property at the time, beyond the eventual rights of the print house.Rising authorial consciousness and the development of print culture increased the sensitivity to issues of plagiarism throughout the period. This book goes beyond the repetition of commonplaces about the early history of plagiarism with a strong line-up of specialists, including world class scholars such as Kathy Eden, Timothy Hampton, Marie-Luce Demonet and Terence Cave. The contributions to the volume showcase diversity in geography (from Mediterranean to Northern Europe) and textual matter (including literary, scientific and diplomatic writings).

Omtale fra Forlagsentralen
Plagiat skaper gjerne sterke reaksjoner og hissig debatt. Bidragsyterne i denne boken ser på flere varianter av potensielt overskridende skrivepraksis i perioden 1400-1700, før det romantiske idealet om originalitet hadde vunnet frem. Imitasjon av andres skrifter ble sett på som legitimt og til og med uunngåelig, likevel oppsto krangler og debatter mellom forfattere som beskyldte hverandre for plyndring og tyveri av hverandres tekster. Formålet med boken er å bidra til å forbedre vår moderne forståelse av plagiat. Har indeks. © DnBB AS

Table of contents
Introduction; Part I: Approaches to the Limits of Imitation; Part II: Non-Literary Intellectual Property; Part III: Too Close for Comfort; Part IV: Plagiarism by Strangers, Imitation Among Friends; Index.