300 years of Copyright and Literature: Internationalization of BookTrade and National Identities of English Literature

自1710年第一部著作权法在英国制定以来，已经过去了300年。在这项研究中，我旨在掌握300年来版权法是如何发展的，如何改变人们对创作活动的态度，以及文学作品和文化的国际交流的增加如何影响英国、美国和加拿大的国家认同观念。我还打算考虑版权法是否在总体上促进了文学。

300 years have passed since the first Copyright Act was established in the UK in 1710. In this research, I aimed to grasp how the copyright laws developed in the 300 years, changed the attitude towards creative activities, and how the increased international exchanges of literary works and culture affected the ideas about “national identity” in the UK, the US and Canada. I also aimed to consider if the copyright laws have promoted literature in general.