Plagiarism, John Hughes’ The Dogs and the ethical responsibilities of the novelist
- Written by: Alyson Miller, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Professional and Creative Writing, Deakin University
Australian author John Hughes (far right) has been accused of incorporating passages from works by (left to right) Leo Tolstoy, Svetlana Alexievich and F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Dogs.Wikimedia Commons, Giramondo PublishingJohn Hughes’s novel The Dogs has been withdrawn from the longlist for the Miles Franklin Prize after an invest...
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