Jonathan Swift Word-Book ─ A Vocabulary Compiled for Esther Johnson and Copied in Her Own Hand

ISBN13：9781611496550
出版社：Univ of Delaware Pr
作者：A. C. Elias Jr. (EDT); John Irwin Fischer (EDT); Panthea Reid (EDT)
出版日：2017/08/01
裝訂／頁數：精裝／214頁
規格：24.1cm*15.9cm*2.5cm (高/寬/厚)
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商品簡介

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.

作者簡介

The late A.C. Elias Jr. taught at the College of William and Mary.

The late John Irwin Fischer taught at Louisiana State University Baton-Rouge.

Panthea Reid is professor of English emerita at Louisiana State University.

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