Author: REDDICK, ALLEN.
Title: The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773.
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 0521361605. 1st edition. "Reddick details the conception, composition, and writing of the Dictionary between the years 1746 and 1755, as well as the great revision of 1771-73. In the process, Reddick argues that the Dictionary does not reflect Johnson's final thoughts on a fixed language, but rather constitutes a text in flux, changed repeatedly throughout his lifetime, a reflection of Johnson's own troubled conviction that lexicography is a doomed and impossible, paradoxical endeavor.." Pp.xiv/249, 6 black & white plates. Dark green cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Keywords: Reddick Making Samuel Johnson Dictionary History Lexicography English Language Revisions Sneyd Gimbel 48481 Literature


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