The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language
| AUTHOR | DeMaria, Robert; DeMaria, Robert; Kolb, Gwin J. et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Yale University Press (11/22/2005) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Essential writings on the English language--its history, structure, and cultural importance--by one of its most adroit practitioners This volume of the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson collects the writer's most important statements on the English language. It includes fully annotated editions of Johnson's main writings on the history, structure, and cultural importance of English, as well as his reflections on lexicography. These texts represent Johnson's thinking as he undertook and completed the major work of his life, the colossal Dictionary of the English Language. By setting Johnson's writings on the English language in historical context, the editors provide the fullest possible account of their composition. Among the works presented in the volume are Johnson's Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language andthe Preface to the Dictionary, both of which are counted among his finest works of prose.
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ISBN-13:
9780300106725
ISBN-10:
0300106726
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
560
Carton Quantity:
12
Product Dimensions:
6.02 x 1.77 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
1.91 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Index,
Dust Cover,
Annotated,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes
Reference | Books & Reading
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
Library of Congress Control Number:
2004060114
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Essential writings on the English language--its history, structure, and cultural importance--by one of its most adroit practitioners This volume of the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson collects the writer's most important statements on the English language. It includes fully annotated editions of Johnson's main writings on the history, structure, and cultural importance of English, as well as his reflections on lexicography. These texts represent Johnson's thinking as he undertook and completed the major work of his life, the colossal Dictionary of the English Language. By setting Johnson's writings on the English language in historical context, the editors provide the fullest possible account of their composition. Among the works presented in the volume are Johnson's Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language andthe Preface to the Dictionary, both of which are counted among his finest works of prose.
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Author:
Johnson, Samuel
Jack Lynch, a Johnson scholar and professor of English at Rutgers University, is the editor of "Samuel Johnson's Dictionary" and the author of "The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson,"
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Editor:
DeMaria, Robert
Robert DeMaria received his PhD in Modern British Literature at Columbia University. He has directed writing programs in several universities and was an editor at Macmillan. The bulk of his creative work consists of his 20 novels, but he has also published poetry, an off-Broadway play, and a libretto for an opera. For several years he was the academic dean of the New School for Social Research. He was also the director of an overseas program for American students and writers in residence. His work has been highly praised in publications such as THE LONDON TIMES, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, THE WASHINGTON POST, and many literary magazines. He and his family now divide their time between Long Island and a house in Mallorca, Spain. His latest novel is BLEECKER STREET BLUES, set in Greenwich Village.
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