{"product_id":"owning-william-shakespeare-the-kings-men-and-their-intellectual-property-paperback","title":"Owning William Shakespeare: The King's Men and Their Intellectual Property - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames J. Marino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwning William Shakespeare The King's Men and Their Intellectual Property James J. Marino \"Who, in the early modern period, laid claim to owning Shakespeare's plays? How did the property regimes of print and performance determine the nature of such claims? In tackling these questions, James J. Marino scores some palpable hits.\"--\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e \"Expertly blending literary criticism, performance theory, and historical analysis of intellectual property, Marino masterfully argues for the important role the Chamberlain's Men\/King's Men played in vigorously maintaining their ownership in and the authenticity of Shakespeare's plays.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \"A thematically dense, insightful book that will engage readers interested in the origins and evolutions of intellectual property law, of the business of early modern drama, and of textual transmissions and adaptations.\"--\u003ci\u003eEarly English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"In this fascinating study, which brings together literary and textual studies, book and theatre history, the story of how Shakespeare's plays came to be created and known as his is told as a story of the King's Men and their property. Focusing on how intellectual property was created and maintained, \u003ci\u003eOwning William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e makes important contributions to theatre and book history, puts paid to scholarship premised on the recovery of Shakespeare's authorial script, and argues for a radically revised understanding of early modern dramatic texts.\"--\u003ci\u003eReview of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eOwning William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of early modern drama as intellectual property. It does so with energy, urgency, passion, and originality: it points out details about book history and publication that have never been articulated before, redefining the field in important ways.\"--Tiffany Stern, University College, Oxford Copyright is by no means the only device for asserting ownership of a work. Some writers, including playwrights in the early modern period, did not even view print copyright as the most important of their authorial rights. A rich vein of recent scholarship has examined the interaction between royal monopolies, which have been identified with later notions of intrinsic authorial ownership, and the internal copy registration practices of the English book trades. Yet this dialogue was but one part of a still more complicated conversation in early modern England, James J. Marino argues; other customs and other sets of professional demands were at least as important, most strikingly in the exercise of the performance rights of plays. \u003cb\u003eJames J. Marino\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Cleveland State University. Material Texts 2011 216 pages 6 x 9 10 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-4296-6 Cloth $49.95s  32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-2254-8 Paper $22.50s  15.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-0577-0 Ebook $22.50s  15.00 World Rights Literature Short copy: This book explores actors' systems of intellectual property in early modern England. Focusing on \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, and other plays, James Marino demonstrates how Shakespeare's company asserted ownership of its plays through intense ongoing revision and through insistent attribution to Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames J. Marino is Associate Professor of English at Cleveland State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130659737735,"sku":"9780812222548","price":47.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/911634f15ca27e09c1389704d8760d71.webp?v=1732612737","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/owning-william-shakespeare-the-kings-men-and-their-intellectual-property-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}