Characters Before Copyright
The Rise and Regulation of Fan Fiction in Eighteenth-Century Germany
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 May 2019
- ISBN 9780198831976
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages308 pages
- Size 238x161x24 mm
- Weight 636 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 7 Illustrations 0
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Short description:
Based on extensive archival work, Characters before Copyright shows that fan fiction proliferated in the eighteenth century and explains why this phenomenon emerged when it did.
MoreLong description:
How did authors control the literary fates of fictional characters before the existence of copyright? Could a second author do anything with another author's character? Situated between the decline of the privilege system and the rise of copyright, literary borrowing in eighteenth-century Germany has long been considered unregulated. This book tells a different story. Characters before Copyright documents the surprisingly widespread eighteenth-century practice of writing fan fictionliterary works written by readers who appropriate preexisting characters invented by other authorsand reconstructs the contemporaneous debate about the literary phenomenon. Like fan fiction today, these texts took the form of sequels, prequels, and spinoffs. Analyzing the evolving reading, writing, and consumer habits of late-eighteenth-century Germany, Characters before Copyright identifies the social, economic, and aesthetic changes that fostered the rapid rise of fan fiction after 1750. Based on archival work and an ethnographic approach borrowed from legal anthropology, this book then uncovers the unwritten customary norms that governed the production of these works. Characters before Copyright thus reinterprets the eighteenth-century literary commons, arguing that what may appear to have been the free circulation of characters was actually circumscribed by an exacting set of rules and conditions. These norms translated into a unique type of literature that gave rise to remarkable forms of collaborative authorship and originality. Characters before Copyright provides a new perspective on the eighteenth-century book trade and the rise of intellectual property, reevaluating the concept of literary property, the history of moral rights, and the tradition of free culture.
An appendix lists the works and those that followed (including plot summaries), provides background information on less-known source authors, and outlines reception. The history of authorship and intellectual property rights encourages consideration of these and similar texts that help define the era known for Romanticism and Classicism, thereby examining the relationship of moral law and literature. The bibliography and index are impressive. ... Recommended
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I
The Book Market, the Good Reader, and the Rise of Fan Fiction
The Stakes of Fan Fiction
Customary Norms and Rules
Sanctions and Strategies of Control
Part II
Fan-Fiction in the Eighteenth-Century Literary Landscape
Fictional Characters in the Eighteenth-Century Literary Commons
An Interlude in Lieu of a Conclusion
Appendix
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