Anniversary essays on Johnson's dictionary

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Anniversary essays on Johnson's dictionary

edited by Jack Lynch and Anne McDermott

Cambridge University Press, 2005

  • : hbk

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Includes indexes

収録内容
  • The mythology of Johnson's Dictionary / Paul J. Korshin
  • Dictionaries and power from Palsgrave to Johnson / Ian Lancashire
  • What Johnson's illustrative quotations illustrate : language and viewpoint in the Dictionary / Howard D. Weinbrot
  • Reassessing the political context of the Dictionary : Johnson and the "Broad-bottom" opposition / Nicholas Hudson
  • Johnson's extempore history and grammar of the English language / Robert DeMaria, Jr.
  • Johnson the prescriptivist? : the case for the prosecution / Geff Barnbrook
  • Johnson the prescriptivist? : the case for the defense / Anne McDermott
  • Johnson's encyclopedia / Jack Lynch
  • The law, the alphabet, and Samuel Johnson / John Stone
  • Hyphenated compouds in Johnson's Dictionary / Noel E. Osselton
  • The typographic design of Johnson's Dictionary / Paul Luna
  • The dictionary in abstract : Johnson's abridgments of the Dictionary of the English language for the common reader / Catherine Dille
  • Revision and the limits of collaboration : hands and texts in Johnson's Dictionary / Allen Reddick
  • Hidden quarto editions of Johnson's Dictionary / R. Carter Hailey
内容説明・目次

内容説明

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, the first great English dictionary and one of the most famous books in the English language, appeared in April 1755. To commemorate the 250th anniversary, this volume brings together fourteen original essays by international scholars representing several disciplines: literature, lexicology, linguistics and bibliography. The essays explore familiar and unfamiliar aspects of Johnson's masterpiece, ranging from the history of patronage to the book's typographical design, from the political background to the treatment of compound words. Challenging the myths surrounding the book and offering the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the Dictionary ever attempted, these essays present fresh scholarship on the Dictionary and open up novel perspectives and directions for future research.

目次

  • List of illustrations
  • List of contributors
  • List of abbreviations and cue-titles
  • Introduction Jack Lynch and Anne McDermott
  • 1. The mythology of Johnson's Dictionary Paul J. Korshin
  • 2. Dictionaries and power from Palsgrave to Johnson Ian Lancashire
  • 3. What Johnson's illustrative quotations illustrate: language and viewpoint in the Dictionary Howard D. Weinbrot
  • 4. Reassessing the political context of the Dictionary: Johnson and the 'Broad-bottom' opposition Nicholas Hudson
  • 5. Johnson's extempore history and grammar of the English language Robert DeMaria Jr
  • 6. Johnson the prescriptivist? The case for the prosecution Geoff Barnbrook
  • 7. Johnson the prescriptivist? The case for the defense Anne McDermott
  • 8. Johnson's encyclopedia Jack Lynch
  • 9. The law, the alphabet, and Samuel Johnson John Stone
  • 10. Hyphenated compounds in Johnson's Dictionary Noel E. Osselton
  • 11. The typographic design of Johnson's Dictionary Paul Luna
  • 12. The Dictionary in abstract: Johnson's abridgements of the Dictionary of the English Language for the common reader Catherine Dille
  • 13. Revision and the limits of collaboration: hands and texts in Johnson's Dictionary Allen Reddick
  • 14. Hidden quarto editions of Johnson's Dictionary R. Carter Hailey
  • General index
  • Index of Dictionary entries.

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詳細情報
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA71755992
  • ISBN
    • 052184844X
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, UK ; New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xi, 245 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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