Samuel Johnson

A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume II (in two volumes)

In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Origin and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers To Which Are Prefixed A History of the Language and An E

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Produktbeschreibung

"Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true." -Samuel Johnson, Johnson: Letter to Fransesco Sastres (1784) A Dictionary of the English Language Volume II (1825), originally published in 1755, was the first dictionary in the English language to provide detailed definitions and is still widely used to define the meanings of words of that time. Johnson's dictionary initiated the use of quotations, over 114,000, to give a more specific and clear definition of a word, citing authors such as Milton and Shakespeare. Compiled and researched over the course of over eight years by Johnson and his assistants, the dictionary is a reference for all who love language and history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 1088
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1755
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 1538g
• ISBN-13: 9781646794645
• ISBN-10: 1646794648
• Artikelnr.: 62793773

Autorenporträt

Samuel Johnson was an English writer who was born on September 18, 1709, and died on December 13, 1784. He was called "Dr. Johnson" by many people. He was a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was "possibly the most famous writer in English history." Johnson became famous in his later years, and after he died, more and more people thought he had a lasting effect on literary criticism. Some even said he was the only truly great critic of English literature. In the 20th century, his ideas shaped the way people thought about literature, and his influence on biography will last for a long time. Johnson's Dictionary had a big impact on Modern English, and it was the best dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary came along 150 years later. The biographer of Samuel Johnson, Walter Jackson Bate, chose James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson as "the most famous single work of biographical art in all of literature."