Samuel Johnson & the journey into words / Lynda Mugglestone.

"Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. She shows how these rev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mugglestone, Lynda (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Criticism and interpretation. Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Literary style. Language and languages in literature. Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography. Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784. Lexicographers. Literary style. Great Britain. Sprachgebrauch. Lexikographie. Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Lexicography. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:	Samuel Johnson and the journey into words.
Format:	Book

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