Author: Rosenthal, Laura J.
Title: Playwrights and Plagiarists in Early Modern England: Gender, Authorship, Literary Property
Description: Ithaca [NY], Cornell University Press, (1996). orig. boards. 23x16cm, xii,257 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction: Drama and Cultural Location; Rewriting Distinctions: Property, Plagiarism, Position; 'Authoress of a Whole World':The Duchess of Newcastle and Imaginary Property; Aphra Behn and the Hostility of Influence; 'Ladies and Fop Authors Never Are at Odds': Colley Cibber, Female Wits; Writing (as) the Lady's Last Stake: Susanna Centlivre;Epilogue.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Restoration Drama, Early Modern, English Literature, Intertextuality, Women Authors, Gender Plagiarism, Theatre Playwrights, Copyright England