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Wordsworth and the Copyright Act of 1842: Addendum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Russell Noyes
Russell Noyes*
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
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Extract

Recently there have come into my possession four hitherto unpublished autograph letters which throw further light on Wordsworth's exertions in behalf of the Copyright Act of 1842. Two are by W. E. Gladstone, one is by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, and one is by Wordsworth. These letters were written during 1838, a critical year for the supporters of the bill.

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Research Article
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PMLA , Volume 76 , Issue 4-Part1 , September 1961 , pp. 380 - 383
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1961

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References

Note 1 in page 380 See Paul M. Zall's “Wordsworth and the Copyright Act of 1842,” PMLA, LXX (1955), 132–144.

Note 2 in page 380 All quoted passages are from unpublished letters in my possession.

Note 3 in page 380 See Mr. Zall's communication to TLS, 16 October 1953, p. 668, where this letter is published for the first time.

Note 4 in page 381 “A Poet to his Grandchild” (Works, iii, 411).

Note 5 in page 381 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito

Quam tua te fortuna sinet.—Virgil, Aeneid, vi.95–96.