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Imitation in literature

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    Palimpsests : literature in the second degree / Gérard Genette ; translated by Channa Newman & Claude Doubinsky ; foreword by Gerald Prince.

    Genette, Gérard, 1930- | Date: c1997
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    Reflections on originality in authors being remarks on A letter to Mr. Mason on the marks of imitation: in which the absurd defects of that performance are pointed out; and the absolute uncertainty of Imitation in general is demonstrated in various Instances: with a word or two on the characters of Ben. Johnson [sic] and Pope.

    Capell, Edward, 1713-1781. | Date: 1766
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    A letter to Mr. Mason; on the marks of imitation

    Hurd, Richard, 1720-1808. | Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]
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    Edward Dubois in the guise of the devil sits at a table cutting up the pages of a book with a knife and fork as flames with demons rise from the floor beneath him and a procession of butchers enters the room by a door on the left. Stipple engraving, 1808.

    | Date: Sept 12 1808 | Reference: 603147i
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    Typhon or the wars between the gods and giants: a burlesque poem in imitation of the comical Mons. Scarron.

    Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733. | Date: [1704]

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