The Medium of Plagiarism: Rogue Choreographers in Early Modern London

Ravelhofer, B.

The Medium of Plagiarism: Rogue Choreographers in Early Modern London

Ravelhofer, B.

Authors

Professor Barbara Ravelhofer barbara.ravelhofer@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Paulina Kewes
Editor

Abstract

What Is plagiarism? How was it understood and judged in early modern England? This interdisciplinary study sets out at once to theorize and historicise plagiarism. The first part launches a vigorous debate about the ethical, philosophical, artistic, and legal implications of plagiarism. Individual essays in part two provide historical case studies. Variously centred on translations of the Bible, historiography, drama, poetry, dance treatises, sermons, and colonial grammars, the essays show how a nexus of concepts developed between the Renaissance and the early nineteenth century - plagiarism, imitation, forgery, copyright, and intellectual property - and how they have been defined and contested.

Citation

Ravelhofer, B. (2003). The Medium of Plagiarism: Rogue Choreographers in Early Modern London. In P. Kewes (Ed.), Plagiarism in early modern England (134-148). Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date	2003-12
Deposit Date	Nov 20, 2008
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	134-148
Book Title	Plagiarism in early modern England.
Chapter Number	9
Keywords	English literature.
Publisher URL	http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=0333998413