Plagiarism and Imitation During the English Renaissance

This book defines the attitude of English writers between 1500 and 1625 toward the question of literary property rights, of imitation, of what today is called plagiarism.

Harold Ogden White

CHAPTER I CLASSICAL AND CONTINENTAL RENAISSANCE THEORIES OF IMITATION CHAPTER II THE THEORY OF IMITATION BEFORE SIDNEY CHAPTER III THE THEORY OF I M I T A T I O N FROM SIDNEY TO JONSON CHAPTER IV THE THEORY OF IMITATION FROM JONSON ONWARD