Publishers and Lawyers.
The article explores the relationship between legal inhibitions and written expression of publishers in the Romantic period and reveals the uncoordinated, inconsistent and often contradictory manner in which such inhibitions functioned. It highlights the experience of bookseller John Murray when fig...
| Publicado en: | Wordsworth Circle Vol. 44; no. 2/3; pp. 121 - 127 |
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University of Chicago Press
Spring/Summer2013
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| Sumario: | The article explores the relationship between legal inhibitions and written expression of publishers in the Romantic period and reveals the uncoordinated, inconsistent and often contradictory manner in which such inhibitions functioned. It highlights the experience of bookseller John Murray when fighting infringements of his Byron copyrights. It also cites the libel actions of Murray and the conflicts over literary property. |
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