Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education

Author:   Bill Marsh
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791470374


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   22 March 2007
Format:   Hardback
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An in-depth look at the history of plagiarism in light of today's Web-based plagiarism detection services.

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Author:   Bill Marsh
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780791470374


ISBN 10:   0791470377
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   22 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Plagiarism 1. ""A Flurry of Fascination"": The (Anti)Plagiarism Cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin Anatomy of a Literary Crime A Strange Mix of Contempt and Sympathy Temptations and Their Consequences Of Echoes, Settlements, and Surveillance Machines Conclusion: Fascination Revisited 2. The Plagiarism Debate: History and Contexts Plagiarism Defined Authorship, Ownership, and Writing Plagiarism and ""Societal Control"" Conclusion: Writing Conventions 3. Plagiarism in the Early-Twentieth-Century ""New University"" Learning to Write in the ""New University"" The ""Golden Era"" of Plagiarism Litigation Plagiarism and the Modern ""Research Attitude"" Conclusion: Plagiarism as Error 4. Plagiarism and the Alchemical Tradition Alchemy, Divinity, and Christian Remedy Remedium and the Birth of Scholastic Reading Reading Montaigne Reading Conclusion: Transmutation in the New University 5. How to Avoid Plagiarism How to Read Writing Handbooks Discipline and Credit Quote, Paraphrase, and Summary Conclusion: Synthesis and Alchemical Transmutation 6. Plagiarism, Research Writing, and the Spirit of Inquiry Assaying Montaigne in the Modern Essay Good Writing Habits and the Experience of Inspired Sermonizing Plagiarism and the Patchwriting Ferment Conclusion: Preliminary Recommendations for Research Writing Instruction 7. Internet Plagiarism and Plagiarism Detection Computers, the Internet, and the Plagiarism ""Epidemic"" Plagiarism Detection Software Glatt EVE Plagiarism-Finder Turnitin.com and the Scriptural Enterprise of Plagiarism Detection Conclusion: Turnitin.com in the ""Managed"" University Conclusion: The Ghost of Plagiarism in the Post-Media Machine Notes Works Cited Index"

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"""Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education does important work in several areas and is well worth reading ... Each chapter ... adds value and perspective to current scholarship on teaching and learning."" - Issues in Writing ""...convincingly makes the case that academic institutions need to revise their policies regarding 'borrowing' in light of computer-mediated environments."" - SirReadaLot.org ""Most academics have not moved past nineteenth- and twentieth-century ideas about plagiarism. This book could help bring many into postmillennial thinking about this controversial topic."" - Deborah H. Burns, Merrimack College ""I appreciate the way the author has explored and complicated the many different facets of plagiarism, including the high-profile cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. In addition, Marsh's discussion of the historical underpinnings of our modern (and postmodern) notions of plagiarism is thorough and convincing, helping put the problem of plagiarism into perspective."" - Lise Buranen, coeditor of Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World"


Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education does important work in several areas and is well worth reading ... Each chapter ... adds value and perspective to current scholarship on teaching and learning. - Issues in Writing ...convincingly makes the case that academic institutions need to revise their policies regarding 'borrowing' in light of computer-mediated environments. - SirReadaLot.org Most academics have not moved past nineteenth- and twentieth-century ideas about plagiarism. This book could help bring many into postmillennial thinking about this controversial topic. - Deborah H. Burns, Merrimack College I appreciate the way the author has explored and complicated the many different facets of plagiarism, including the high-profile cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. In addition, Marsh's discussion of the historical underpinnings of our modern (and postmodern) notions of plagiarism is thorough and convincing, helping put the problem of plagiarism into perspective. - Lise Buranen, coeditor of Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World


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Bill Marsh is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University.

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