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Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent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scholarly debate In the light of the recent discovery and deciphering of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished revisions, the author describes the conception, composition, writing and subsequent revision of Johnson's "Dictionary". In the light of the recent discovery and deciphering of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished revisions, the author describes the conception, composition, writing and subsequent revision of Johnson's \"Dictionary.\" Allen Reddick. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-237) And Index.

Author

ALLEN REDDICK, Allen Hilliard Reddick, Samuel Johnson, Reddick, Allen

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521361606

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, History