Jonathan Swift's word-book :
a vocabulary compiled for Esther Johnson and copied in her own hand /
edited by A.C. Elias Jr. and John Irwin Fischer ; continued by Panthea Reid.
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newark :
University of Delaware Press,
2017.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xxxvi, 221 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9781644530252 9781644530269 |
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