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... writers . But these factors were redressed by the important Copyright Act of 1709. This gave protection basically for fourteen years , with renewal possible if the author were still alive . But though framed in terms of the writer's ...
... writers . But these factors were redressed by the important Copyright Act of 1709. This gave protection basically for fourteen years , with renewal possible if the author were still alive . But though framed in terms of the writer's ...
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... writer need no longer go hungry while he completed a full - length work for the book- sellers . " If that is so , one would expect long prose fiction to be the gainer , rather than trim and polished poetic effusions . Garrulousness was ...
... writer need no longer go hungry while he completed a full - length work for the book- sellers . " If that is so , one would expect long prose fiction to be the gainer , rather than trim and polished poetic effusions . Garrulousness was ...
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... writer . We rightly admire his skill as a critic of language – but his textual fidelity is matched by a continual sense of the author's identity lurking just behind the words . Again , it is customary to draw sharp distinctions between ...
... writer . We rightly admire his skill as a critic of language – but his textual fidelity is matched by a continual sense of the author's identity lurking just behind the words . Again , it is customary to draw sharp distinctions between ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Landscape of the Age | 5 |
The Shape of Society | 7 |
Copyright | |
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