Samuel Johnson & the Journey Into Words by Lynda Mugglestone

Samuel Johnson & the Journey Into Words

Lynda Mugglestone

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction historical history
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Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about...

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