An edition of Scandal Nation (2003)

Scandal Nation

Law and Authorship in Britain, 1750-1832

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An edition of Scandal Nation (2003)

Scandal Nation

Law and Authorship in Britain, 1750-1832

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"Kathryn Temple argues that eighteenth-century Grub Street scandals involving print piracy, forgery, and copyright violation played a crucial role in the formation of British identity. Britain's expanding print culture demanded new ways of thinking about business and art. In this environment, print scandals functioned as sites where national identity could be contested even as it was being formed.".

"Temple draws upon cases involving Samuel Richardson, Samuel Johnson, Catharine Macaulay, and Mary Prince. The public uproar around these controversies crossed class, gender, and regional boundaries, reaching the Celtic periphery and the colonies. Both print and spectacle, both high and low, these scandals raised important points of law but also drew on images of criminality and sexuality made familiar in the theater, satirical prints, broadsides, even in wax museums.".

"Like print culture itself, the "scandal" of print disputes constituted the nation - and resistance to its formation. Print transgression destabilized both the print industry and efforts to form national identity. Temple concludes that these scandals represent print's escape from Britain's strenuous efforts to enlist it in the service of nation."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
256

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Cover of: Scandal Nation
Scandal Nation: Law and Authorship in Britain, 1750-1832
2018, Cornell University Press
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Cover of: Scandal Nation
Scandal Nation: Law and Authorship in Britain, 1750-1832
January 2003, Cornell University Press
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Library of Congress
KD1340.T46 2003, KD1340 .T46 2003

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
13.8 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

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Open Library
OL7848495M
Internet Archive
scandalnationlaw00temp
ISBN 10
0801440424
ISBN 13
9780801440427
LCCN
2002010658
OCLC/WorldCat
50164510
Library Thing
517926
Goodreads
968436

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