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1	Stolen Words: The Classic Book on Plagiarism more books like this by Thomas Mallon add to wishlist "The definitive book on the subject" of plagiarism (The New York Times) is updated with a new afterword about the Internet. What is plagiarism, and why is it such a big deal? Since when is originality considered an indispensable attribute of authorship? Stolen Words is a deft and well-informed history of the sin every writer fears from every ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| SVS
2	Formal Strain: Studies in Augustan Imitation and Satire more books like this by Howard D. Weinbrot add to wishlist see all copies from $3.02! signed copies \| first editions
3	The counterfeiters; an historical comedy. more books like this by Hugh Kenner add to wishlist KENNER BRINGS TOGETHER HISTORY, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART TO LOCATE THE PERSONAL IN AN INCREASINGLY COUNTERFEIT WORLD Wide-ranging enough to encompass Buster Keaton, Charles Babbage, horses, and a man riding a bicycle while wearing a gas mask, THE COUNTERFEITERS is one of Hugh Kenner's greatest achievements. In this fascinating work of literary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Shakespeare and Appropriation more books like this by Christy Desmet (Editor), Robert Sawyer (Editor) add to wishlist The vitality of our culture is still often measured by the status Shakespeare has within it. Contemporary readers and writers continue to exploit Shakespeare's cultural afterlife in a vivid and creative way. This fascinating collection of original essays shows how writers' efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare ... see all copies from $19.75! new only from $30.98! \| SVS
5	Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age more books like this by Caroline Eisner (Editor), Martha Vicinus (Editor) add to wishlist Somewhat ironically, the Internet makes it both easier to copy and easier to detect copying. The essays in this volume explore the complex issues of originality, imitation, and plagiarism, especially as they concern students and scholars, while also addressing related issues, ranging from copyright conventions and the ownership of original work, ... see all copies from $11.83! new only from $33.51! \| SVS
6	English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century more books like this by William Kupersmith add to wishlist This book discusses Imitations of the ancient Roman verse satirists Horace, Juvenal, and Perseus published in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century. It endeavors to put major writers such as Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson in the context of lesser writers of the period. It also devotes attention to other canonical writers such as ... see all copies from $33.25! new only from $57.43!
7	Stolen Words: Forays Into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism more books like this by Thomas Mallon add to wishlist This history of plagiarism begins its chronicle in the 17th century and reaches to the late 20th, documenting the motives behind many scandalous incidents through time. Mallon considers the impact and consequences of the crime. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture more books like this by Abdelfattah Kilito add to wishlist A splendidly translated exploration of major themes in classical Arabic literature by the most inventive and provocative critic of Arabic literature in the Middle East today. In this exceptional volume, Abedlfattah Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. Using simple yet lyrical language, he ... see all copies from $16.57! new only from $16.57!
9	Stolen Language?: Plagiarism in Writing more books like this by Shelley Angelil-Carter add to wishlist 'Stolen Language?' uncovers the reasons why students plagiarize, and explains what can be done about it. It challenges the concepts of original authorship and ownership of language and shows that plagiarism is a complex and contested subject. see all copies from $9.77! new only from $20.88!
10	The Poetics of Imitation more books like this by Patricia A Rosenmeyer add to wishlist Western literature knows the anacreontic poems best in the translations or adaptations of such poets as Ronsard, Herrick and Goethe. This collection of poems, once assumed to be the work of Anacreon himself, was considered unworthy of serious attention after the poems were proved to be late Hellenistic and early Roman imitations by anonymous ... see all copies from $70.15! new only from $117.96! \| first editions
11	Lucilius and Horace: A Study in the Classical Theory of Imitation more books like this by George Converse Fiske add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $37.43! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Genius of Parody: Imitation and Originality in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century English Literature more books like this by Robert Mack add to wishlist The stigmatisation of parody as 'the worst enemy' of creativity has been pervasive in our literary culture. Although recent theoretical approaches have compelled critics to rethink many received notions regarding the significance of contemporary parodic activity, the perception remains that parody existed only on the disreputable margins of ... see all copies from $38.48! new only from $76.03! \| SVS
13	Ciceronian Controversies more books like this by Joann Dellaneva (Editor), Brian Duvick (Translator) add to wishlist The most important literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those writers of Neo-Latin who favoured imitation of Cicero alone, as the single best exemplar of Latin prose, against those who preferred to follow an eclectic array of literary models. This Ciceronian controversy is the subject of the texts collected for the first time in this volume: ... see all copies from $23.46! new only from $23.46!
14 view cover	Shakespeare's Imitations more books like this by Mark Taylor add to wishlist Looks at similarities in characters, speeches and incidental actions in four of Shakespeare's plays see all copies from $54.15! new only from $55.64! \| first editions
15	Something Like Horace: Studies in the Art and Allusion of Pope's Horatian Satires more books like this by Margaret Whinney, John M. Aden, John Physick (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	Steal This Plot more books like this by June Noble add to wishlist This is a writer's guide to story structure and plagiarism. see all copies from $4.65! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
17	Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson more books like this by Richard S. Peterson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Originality and Intellectual Property in the French and English Enlightenment more books like this by Reginald McGinnis (Editor) add to wishlist Are legal concepts of intellectual property and copyright related to artistic notions of invention and originality? Do literary and legal scholars have anything to learn from each other, or should the legal debate be viewed as separate from questions of aesthetics? Bridging what are usually perceived as two distinct areas of inquiry, this ... see all copies from $80.48! new only from $80.48! \| SVS
19	The Whole Internal Universe Whole Internal Universe: Imitation and the New Defense of Poetry in British Criticismimitation and the New Defense of Poetry in British Criticism, 1660-1830, 1660-1830 more books like this by John L Mahoney add to wishlist see all copies from $3.19! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Poetics of Empire in the Indies: Prophecy and Imitation in La Araucana and OS Lusiadas more books like this by James Nicolopulos add to wishlist An investigation of literary representations of 16th-century Iberian colonialism and imperialism. It analyzes Alonso de Ercilla's "La Araucana", a narrative poem, and Luis de Camoens's "Os Lusiadas", an epic celebration of early Portuguese maritime expansion in the Indian Ocean. see all copies from $30.81! new only from $30.81!
21 view cover	Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree more books like this by Gerard Genette, Channa Newman (Translator), Claude Doubinsky (Translator) add to wishlist By definition, a palimpsest is "a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible." Palimpsests (originally published in France in 1982), one of Gerard Genette's most important works, examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts ... see all copies from $51.36! new only from $51.36! \| SVS
22	Reading Pope's Imitations of Horace more books like this by Jacob Fuchs add to wishlist This study reclaims Pope's meaning in each successive imitation by focusing on the differences between Horace's Latin poems and Pope's English versions. It considers not only Pope's expression of concerns about his own world but also the contemporary reputation of the Roman Augustan Age and of Augustus and Horace. see all copies from $19.22! new only from $52.08!
23 view cover	Who the Devil Taught Thee So Much Italian?': Italian Language Learning and Literary Imitation in Early Modern England more books like this by Jason Lawrence add to wishlist Offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages (especially Italian) in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England The first study to suggest a fundamental link between language-learning habits and the techniques for reading and imitating Italian materials employed by poets and dramatists such as ... see all copies from $69.45! new only from $69.45!
24 view cover	Imitating Art: Essays in Biography more books like this by David Ellis add to wishlist What is it that links a "life" by Dr. Johnson with a heavyweight Victorian "Life and Letters", or with a standard literary biography of our own times? An analysis of "biography" reveals a variety of forms and practices. Despite the immense popularity of the biography, there has been comparatively little attention paid to its principles and ... see all copies from $9.16!
25 view cover	Murder Done to Death: Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction more books like this by John Kennedy Melling add to wishlist 60.00 see all copies from $7.00! SVS

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