Alexander Nebrig is Full Professor of Modern German Literature at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. He has published to date two books on the translation history of Diderot and Racine, a book on women in science in the 19th century, a book on the relationship between philology and poetry in the modern age, and numerous articles on German and comparative literature. His research interests include: Literary ethics, rhetoric, theory and history of writing, translation studies, and book studies.

• Introduction.- Licensing Realms.- The End of the Freedom of Translation.- The Discovery of International Authorship around 1850.- Crises in the Control of Works in Classical Modernity.- Other Countries, or Books in Exile.- Two Literary Hemispheres in the Cold War.- The Economy of World Rights since 1989.

Alexander Nebrig is Full Professor of Modern German Literature at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. He has published to date two books on the translation history of Diderot and Racine, a book on women in science in the 19th century, a book on the relationship between philology and poetry in the modern age, and numerous articles on German and comparative literature. His research interests include: Literary ethics, rhetoric, theory and history of writing, translation studies, and book studies.

• Introduction.- Licensing Realms.- The End of the Freedom of Translation.- The Discovery of International Authorship around 1850.- Crises in the Control of Works in Classical Modernity.- Other Countries, or Books in Exile.- Two Literary Hemispheres in the Cold War.- The Economy of World Rights since 1989.

Alexander Nebrig is Full Professor of Modern German Literature at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. He has published to date two books on the translation history of Diderot and Racine, a book on women in science in the 19th century, a book on the relationship between philology and poetry in the modern age, and numerous articles on German and comparative literature. His research interests include: Literary ethics, rhetoric, theory and history of writing, translation studies, and book studies.

• Introduction.- Licensing Realms.- The End of the Freedom of Translation.- The Discovery of International Authorship around 1850.- Crises in the Control of Works in Classical Modernity.- Other Countries, or Books in Exile.- Two Literary Hemispheres in the Cold War.- The Economy of World Rights since 1989.