Patent inventions--intellectual property and the Victorian novel

This volume suggests that the fierce debates over patent law and the discussion of invention and inventors in popular texts during the 19th century informed the parallel debate over the professional status of authors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pettitt, Clare
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Inventions in literature.
Patent laws and legislation > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Intellectual property in literature.
Patents in literature.
Law in literature.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
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Description
Summary:This volume suggests that the fierce debates over patent law and the discussion of invention and inventors in popular texts during the 19th century informed the parallel debate over the professional status of authors.
Item Description:On-campus only: no User ID or password required
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 341 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191719172 (ebook) :

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