Title: The making of Johnson's dictionary, 1746-1773
First published: 1990
Description: Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent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.
Subjects: Lexicography, English language, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, History and criticism, History, English language, lexicography, English language, history, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784
People: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Time periods: 18th century