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

Jonathan Swift’s Word-Book: A Vocabulary Compiled for Esther Johnson and Copied in Her Own Hand
ISBN-10
161149656X
ISBN-13
9781611496567
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2017-08-31
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Authors
Panthea Reid, A. C. Elias Jr., John Irwin Fischer

Description

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.

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