Write My Name

Write My Name: Authorship in the Poetry of Thomas Moore is the first monograph devoted to Moore's poetry, and argues for the value of attending to neglected aspects of Moore's poetic work through analysis of his shifting modes of authorship and their various motivations.

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Justin Tonra is Lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland Galway. His research interests are in the fields of digital humanities, book history, textual studies and bibliography, and at the intersections of literature and technology. He has previously held positions at University College London and the University of Virginia.

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Write My Name: Authorship in the Poetry of Thomas Moore is the first monograph devoted to Moore's poetry, and argues for the value of attending to neglected aspects of Moore's poetic work through analysis of his shifting modes of authorship and their various motivations.

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Introduction

Chapter one: Of Little Consequence: Pseudonym, Paratext, and Authorship in Moore's Early Poetry

Chapter two: If England Doesn't Read Us, Who the Devil Will?: Reprinting Moore in the United States

Chapter three: Cream of the Copyrights: Authorship in the Publication History of Lalla Rookh

Chapter four: Orientalising the Angels: Blasphemy, Copyright, and Revision

Chapter five: These Quick-Reading Times: Distant Reading Moore's Poetic Style

Conclusion