The making of Johnson's dictionary, 1746-1773 / Allen Reddick.

Rev. ed.

9780521568388 (pbk.)
0521568382 (pbk.)
9780521361606
0521361605

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

English

xxi, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

PE1617.J7 R4 1996

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Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cambridge studies in publishing and printing history.

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