In this 2002 book, Ben Jonson is viewed within the context of the history of authorship and intellectual property.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. An introduction to bibliographical biography; 2. Community properties; 3. Upstart crows and other emergencies; 4. Jonson, Martial and the mechanics of plagiarism; 5. Scripts in the marketplace: Jonson and editorial repossession; 6. Afterword: the second folio; Index.