Aproximación a la historia literaria del derecho de autor en la edición chilena de libros, 1776-1900

Abstract

This investigation delves into the literary history of copyright in the publishing of books in Chile, during a first period (between 1776 and 1900), a history that is shown in the editorial peritext on author’s right that appears on the copyright page. The objectives are to find the first editorial peritext on author’s right in the Chilean edition of books, and to abstract the literary models used in those editorial peritexts, along with their historical development. This article provides a look at an alternative literary history to that of literature, a literary history of editors, written in the editorial peritexts on author’s right. The relevance lies in the research of this other literary history and its complexity. In the history of books in Chile, the editorial peritext on author’s right has its background in the Catholic printing license and the State's printing license.

Keywords

• derecho de autor
• derecho de reproducción
• paratexto editorial
• peritexto editorial
• edición de libros
• edición chilena
• historia editorial