New and noteworthy.(Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book that Defined the World)(Anniversary Essays on Johnson's Dictionary)(The Magic Mountain)(The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)(Curious Pursuits: Occasional Writing 1970-2005)(The Shakespeare Miscellany)(The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914)(The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World)(Book Review)
From: Contemporary Review
|
Date: 10/1/2005
The 250th anniversary of the publication of Dr Johnson's famous Dictionary has been the occasion for several studies. Among the best is Henry Hitchings' Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book that Defined the World from JOHN MURRAY ([pounds sterling]14.99). The author, who did his doctoral work on the Grand Panjandrum, is filled with admiration for the man and his dictionary--the 'most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century' and a work ...
COPYRIGHT 2005 Contemporary Review Company Ltd.
This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.