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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language - Hardcover

Samuel Johnson; Alexander Chalmers

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9781858911267: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language

Synopsis

This is the first electronic edition of one of the most important works ever compiled in English. Dr Johnson's Dictionary remains a major resource for and cornerstone of the English language. This CD-ROM presents the key 1755 and 1773 (First and Fourth) Editions, both of which have been available previously only in print facsimiles. Here the texts of both Editions have been transcribed and may be viewed side by side. In addition, digitized images of all the original pages are supplied. The software allows rapid searching of both Editions of the Dictionary for words, phrases, headwords, quotations and source-authors. The only publication ever to reproduce the key First and Fourth Editions of Johnson's Dictionary together, this CD-ROM will be of value to dictionary lovers and Johnsonians as well as to scholars, teachers, and students of language, literature, lexicography, history, and eighteenth-century studies.

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About the Author

Jack Lynch, a Johnson scholar and professor of English at Rutgers University, is the editor of "Samuel Johnson's Dictionary" and the author of "The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson,"


Anne McDermott is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham.

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Here is a rule of thumb: the larger the manual, the smaller the audience. That is not always the case, of course, but it is true here. This disc includes the first (1755) and the fourth (1783) editions of Johnson's famous dictionary, viewable in both the original and in SGML text. Both versions can be displayed side-by-side to compare the changes. Search headwords, quotations, quoted authors, and definitions. Bottom Line: This is not for the novice: the audience will be a small group of scholars who will find it quite valuable. Recommended for research libraries.
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