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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language
Samuel Johnson
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Description for The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language
Hardback. Editor(s): Kolb, Gwin J.; DeMaria, Robert. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 560 pages, 89 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
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.
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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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
Series
The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300106725
SKU
V9780300106725
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About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was a poet, essayist, biographer, and editor. Gwin J. Kolb is Chester D. Tripp Professor Emeritus in Humanities, University of Chicago. Robert DeMaria, Jr., is Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College.
Reviews for The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language
“Thanks . . . to the consummate and consummating editors of Johnson on the English Language: Gwin J. Kolb and Robert DeMaria, Jr. Their cooperation—with one another and with Johnson—is magnificent. Their erudition is immense and yet measured, deep and yet crystalline.”—Christopher Ricks, New Criterion “The latest superb volume of the Yale edition of [Johnson’s] works.”—Eric Ormsby, New York ... Read more