Strikingly Similar : Plagiarism and Appropriation from Chaucer to Chatbots / Roger Kreuz.
Plagiarism and appropriation are hot topics when they appear in the news. A politician copies a section of a speech, a section of music sounds familiar, the plot of a novel follows the same pattern as an older story, a piece of scientific research is attributed to the wrong researcher... The list is endless. Allegations and convictions of such incidents can easily ruin a career and inspire gossip. People report worrying about unconsciously appropriating someone else's work. But why do people plagiarise? How many claims of unconscious plagiarism are truthful? How is plagiarism detected, and what are the outcomes for the perpetrators and victims? Strikingly Similar uncovers the deeper psychology behind this controversial human behavior, as well as a cultural history that is far wider and more interesting than sensationalised news stories.
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| Edition | 1st ed. |
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Cambridge
: Cambridge University Press
, 2026
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| Pages | 1 online resource (256 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN | 1-009-61834-2 1-009-61836-9 1-009-61833-4 |
| Language | English |
| Additional Information | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026). |
| Additional Information | Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Setting the Stage -- Defining Plagiarism -- Plagiarism versus Originality -- Plagiarism or Coincidence? -- Origins -- Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Franklin -- The Modern View Emerges -- The Slap Heard 'round the World -- Deeks v. Wells -- Gone with the Wind -- "Have Gun, Will Travel" -- Chapter 2 The Plagiarism Hunters -- Copyright Traps -- The Secret of NIH -- The Plagiarism Police -- Blowing the Whistle on the Whistleblowers -- Academic Misconduct -- Student Plagiarism -- Dubious Dissertations -- Doubtful Degrees -- Chapter 3 Unconscious Plagiarism -- Mark Twain -- Helen Keller -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Vladimir Nabokov -- George Harrison -- The Subconscious Copying Doctrine -- Self-Plagiarism -- Inadvertent Plagiarism -- Chapter 4 Plagiarism in Politics -- The Nominees -- The Senators -- Veeps -- The Mecklenburg Declaration -- Presidential Pilfering? -- Biden's Borrowings -- PMs and MPs -- Chapter 5 Consequences -- Tangled Provenance -- Undetected Plagiarism -- Falsely Accused -- Fear of Plagiarizing -- Weaponizing Plagiarism -- (Un)conventional Wisdom? -- The Effect on the Victims -- Chapter 6 Copyrights and Contexts -- Harry Potter and the Fair Use Loophole -- The Long Arm of the (Copyright) Law -- The Fan Fiction Conundrum -- Cooking the Books -- Dear Graduates -- The Eurovision Hothouse -- Music and Sampling -- Chapter 7 Plagiarism Past, Present, and Future -- Projective Plagiarism -- Teflon Plagiarists -- Unrepentant Plagiarists -- Excuses, Excuses -- Plagiarism Reconsidered -- The Rise of the Chatbots -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
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