The Value of Literature: Representations of Print Culture in the Copyright Debate of 1837-1842

The Value of Literature: Representations of Print Culture in the Copyright Debate of 1837-1842

Vanden Bossche examines the debates surrounding legislation during the Victorian era concerning copyrights, the value of literature and the differences between "imaginative literature" and "useful knowledge." Each side of the argument presented the value of print culture in terms...

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Veröffentlicht in:Victorian studies 1994-10, Vol.38 (1), p.41-68
1. Verfasser: BOSSCHE, CHRIS R. VANDEN
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Copyright
Copyright laws
Copyrights
Cost efficiency
History
Inventions
Labor
Legislation
Literature
Poetry
Publishing
Publishing industry
Victorian literature
Victorians
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Zusammenfassung:Vanden Bossche examines the debates surrounding legislation during the Victorian era concerning copyrights, the value of literature and the differences between "imaginative literature" and "useful knowledge." Each side of the argument presented the value of print culture in terms of how it was produced and consumed within the social economy.
ISSN:0042-5222
1527-2052