Scandal nation : law and authorship in Britain, 1750-1832 / Kathryn Temple.

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell Univ Pr, 2003.

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Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History.

Libel and slander -- Great Britain -- History.

Piracy (Copyright) -- Great Britain -- History.

Copyright infringement -- Great Britain -- History.

Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History.

Authorship -- History.

Scandals -- Great Britain -- History.

Authors and publishers -- History.

Libel and slander -- History.

Copyright infringement -- History.

Law and literature -- History.

Introduction : The national print spectacle

1. Printing like a postcolonialist : the Irish piracy of Sir Charles Grandison

2. Ossian's embrace : Johnson, Macpherson, and the public domain

3. Nation engendered : Catherine Macaulay's "remarkable moving letter" and The History of England

4. Libels of empire : Mary Prince and British slavery

Epilogue: The ends of national scandal : globalization.

Includes index.

0801440424

x, 242p ; ill.