The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746â "1773 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History)

Allen Reddick

ISBN 10: 0521568382 / ISBN 13: 9780521568388

Published by Cambridge University Press January 1996, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746â "...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press January 1996

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent revision of the first great English dictionary, and the only dictionary created by a great writer. In this second edition of his acclaimed study, Reddick incorporates new commentary and scholarship, and situates The Making of Johnson's Dictionary in current critical and scholarly debate.

Book Description:

This second edition of an acclaimed study incorporates new commentary and scholarship, and situates The Making of Johnson's Dictionary in current critical and scholarly debate. It describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent revision of the first great English dictionary.