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Plagiarism in Latin Literature
Contributor(s): McGill, Scott (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107019370     ISBN-13: 9781107019379
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $114.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- History | Ancient - General
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 880.9
LCCN: 2011049116
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9" L (1.20 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 11/01/2013
 
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In response to critics who charged him with plagiarism, Virgil is said to have responded that it was easier to steal Hercules' club than a line from Homer. This was to deny the allegations by implying that Virgil was no plagiarist at all, but an author who had done the hard work of making Homer's material his own. Several other texts and passages in Latin literature provide further evidence for accusations and denials of plagiarism. Plagiarism in Latin Literature explores important questions such as, how do Roman writers and speakers define the practice? And how do the accusations and denials function? Scott McGill moves between varied sources, including Terence, Martial, Seneca the Elder and Macrobius' Virgil criticism to explore these questions. In the process, he offers new insights into the history of plagiarism and related issues, including Roman notions of literary property, authorship and textual reuse.

Contributor Bio(s): McGill, Scott: - Scott McGill is currently interim director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. He is the author of Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Virgilian Centos in Antiquity (2005) and co-editor of From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE (with Cristiana Sogno and Edward Watts, Cambridge University Press, 2010).
 
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