Plagiarism Allegation in English Literature from Butler to Sterne

Richard Terry is currently Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature at Northumbria University, UK, having worked for many years previously at the University of Sunderland. He has written numerous articles on aspects of eighteenth-century literature. His monograph Poetry and the Making of the English Literary Past 1660-1781 was published in 2001.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 'Plagiarism': The Emergence of a Literary Concept  Plagiarism, Authorial Fame and Proprietary Authorship  Plagiarism and the Burden of Tradition in Dryden and Others  Plagiarism and Sufficiency  Pope and Plagiarism  Johnson and the Lauder Affair  The Plagiarism Allegation and the Female Author Plagiarism, Imitation and Originality  Sterne: the Plagiarist as Genius Epilogue Bibliography Index