The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773(English, Paperback, Reddick Allen)

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The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773(English, Paperback, Reddick Allen) is written by Reddick Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521568382 (ISBN 10) and 9780521568388 (ISBN 13).

Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent revision of the first great English dictionary, and the only dictionary created by a great writer. In this second edition of his acclaimed study, Reddick incorporates new commentary and scholarship, and situates The Making of Johnson's Dictionary in current critical and scholarly debate.