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An essay is presented on plagiarism. It discusses the theory that a comparable situation holds for writers and works of the future, which practice on past and present literature a kind of spread out radiation. It explains the particular perception that allows readers, in examining texts with enough care, to grasp the new aesthetic territories where the readers are headed. It implies that the entirety of the literary history conception must be altered, once anticipatory plagiarism is accepted.

The article discusses the idea of literary contagion in the context of British writers adopting a character from the German novel "Werther" or "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" which was written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. British authors and artists who have represented the protagonist Werther in their work include Jane Porter in her book "Thaddeus of Warsaw," James Sayer in the satiric etching "Werther, a tragedy for masters & misses," and Pierre Perrin who feminized the literary character in his epistolary novel "Werthérie." The evolution of Werther as a sentimental caricature in British literature is discussed.

The article focuses on the depiction of colonization by both European settlers and Native Americans in the work of William Faulkner. The Indian co-optation of the culture of ownership endorsed by the European colonizers in the "Wilderness" stories is considered. The author provides a reading of the story "Lo!," using Homi K. Bhabha's theory of mimicry. A brief thematic overview of "Lo!," is provided. The impact of ownership of European possessions on Faulkner's Indians is considered. Faulkner's "A Justice," and "A Courtship," are also discussed.