Joseph Emerson Worcester
Subtitle: a distinguished and gracious New England lexicographer
By: Matthew Higgins.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Duncross Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Concord, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780979486098
Subjects: Worcester, Joseph E. -- 1784-1865.; Webster, Noah, -- 1758-1843.; Lexicographers -- United States -- Biography.; Educators -- United States -- Biography.; Lexicography -- History -- 18th century.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism -- 18th century.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180).
Table of contents: value: Beginnings : geographer, historian, and lexicographer; value: Webster's discontent and the Comprehensive dictionary; value: Palladium attacks : "War of the Dictionaries" begins; value: Worcester in Cambridge : three more dictionaries; value: "A gross literary fraud exposed"; value: The dictionary war continues; value: A standard authority of the English language; value: Worcester's quarto and Webster's pictoral edition; value: Peace and praise : conclusion.