The making of Johnson's dictionary, 1746-1773
By: Allen Reddick.
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Cambridge studies in publishing and printing history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 18th century.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.; English language -- Lexicography.
Description: Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-237) and index.