Jonathan Swift s Word-Book: A Vocabulary Compiled for Esther Johnson and Copied in Her Own Hand - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1611496551 ISBN 13 : 9781611496550

Editeur : University of Delaware Press, 2017

Synopsis

Appearing for this first time in print, Word-Book is Swift’s dictionary of words and definitions for his protégé Esther Johnson. The volume includes photographs from and a transcript of the original book. Supplementing the transcript are the editors notations showing Swift’s corrections in Johnson’s text, essays comparing Swift’s dictionary to others available at that time and exploring the social and psychological milieu in which it was written, and detailed appendices.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The late A.C. Elias Jr. was an independent scholar based in Philadelphia. The late John Irwin Fischer taught at Louisiana State University Baton-Rouge. Panthea Reid is professor of English emerita at Louisiana State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Delaware Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1611496551
• ISBN 13: 9781611496550
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Éditeur: Elias Jr. A. C., Fischer John Irwin
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