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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9780199679904ISBN 10: 0199679908 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 27 August 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface 1: Journeys into Words 2: Writing the Dictionary: Departures and destinations 3: 'Excursions into books': Documenting the new world of words 4: The Ordered State: Power, authority, and the written word 5: Meaning, governance, and the colours of words 6: Defending the Citadel, patrolling the borders 7: History and the flux of time 8: The praise of perfection Appendix: 1755 - 1773 Notes References IndexReviews"This is a fascinating study of Johnson, which reopens areas of investigation that have long since seemed closed. This is a book for students of Johnson or the eighteenth century at any level. * George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 * The book is acutely historically aware and deeply serious * Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement * ""Mugglestone's scholarship displays deep learning with a deceptive lightness, a talent she shares with her subject. * Times Higher Education, Willy Maley * Mugglestones meticulous research and stylistic clarity render this volume both informative and entertaining ... Those approaching Johnsons great, complicated book for the first time will find this brief but rich volume the go-to guide for years to come. * A. W. Lee, Choice * Lynda Mugglestone has given us a highly readable, fascinating account, where her high competence in the history of the English language and deep insights into Johnson's world of words get perfectly integrated with the best and most up-to-date criticism of the Dictionary. * Giovanni Iamartino, Johnsonian News Letter *" The book is acutely historically aware and deeply serious Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement Mugglestone's scholarship displays deep learning with a deceptive lightness, a talent she shares with her subject. Times Higher Education, Willy Maley Mugglestones meticulous research and stylistic clarity render this volume both informative and entertaining ... Those approaching Johnsons great, complicated book for the first time will find this brief but rich volume the go-to guide for years to come. A. W. Lee, Choice Mugglestone's scholarship displays deep learning with a deceptive lightness, a talent she shares with her subject. Times Higher Education, Willy Maley The book is acutely historically aware and deeply serious Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement Mugglestone's scholarship displays deep learning with a deceptive lightness, a talent she shares with her subject. Times Higher Education, Willy Maley Mugglestones meticulous research and stylistic clarity render this volume both informative and entertaining ... Those approaching Johnsons great, complicated book for the first time will find this brief but rich volume the go-to guide for years to come. A. W. Lee, Choice Lynda Mugglestone has given us a highly readable, fascinating account, where her high competence in the history of the English language and deep insights into Johnson's world of words get perfectly integrated with the best and most up-to-date criticism of the Dictionary. Giovanni Iamartino, Johnsonian News Letter Author InformationLynda Mugglestone is Professor of the History of English and Fellow and Tutor in English at Pembroke College. She is the editor of Lexicography and the OED (OUP 2002),The Oxford History of English (OUP 2006, 2nd edn 2012) and, with Freya Johnston, of Samuel Johnson: The Arc of the Pendulum (OUP 2012). Her books include Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol (OUP 1995, 2nd edn 2003), Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary (Yale 2004) and Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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