The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773
The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773 By Allen Reddick
1996 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 0521568382 | PDF | 14 MB
1996 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 0521568382 | PDF | 14 MB
Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent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.