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Jonathan Swift’s Word-Book

A Vocabulary Compiled for Esther Johnson and Copied in Her Own Hand
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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.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date NZ
August 31st, 2017
Contributors
  • Continued by Panthea Reid
  • Edited by A. C. Elias Jr.
  • Edited by John Irwin Fischer
Pages
266
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
2 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
156x239x25
ISBN-13
9781611496550
Product ID
26802470

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