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Plagiarism, John Hughes’ The Dogs and the Ethical Responsibilities of the Novelist, Alyson Miller , single work column

'John Hughes’s novel The Dogs has been withdrawn from the longlist for the Miles Franklin Prize after an investigation by The Guardian identified numerous instances of plagiarism. Hughes’s lifting of passages from other books has sparked furious debate and literary detective work – mostly on Twitter – prompting questions about the nature of influences, literary pastiche and the attribution of sources in novels.' (Introduction)
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