2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Dramatic Copyright in Renaissance England
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22520251
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
OTA Kazuaki 九州大学, 大学院・言語文化研究院, 教授 (10123803)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | エリザベス朝 / 英国ルネサンス / 戯曲 / 出版 / ロンドン書籍商組合 / 版権 / 出版登録 / シェイクスピア |
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| Research Abstract |
In Renaissance England there were two forms of dramatic copyright: one was the right to present a play on the stage and the other the right to print a play text for sale. The former belonged to a playing company possessing the playbookallowed for performance by the Master of the Revels and the latter to a London stationer having the copy licensed for publication by the Stationers' Company. This study explores the significance of dramatic copyright in Renaissance England and the process whereby a stationer established his right to dramatic material by analysing the records of the Stationers’ Company and play texts printed in Shakespeare’s day.
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