Jonathan Swift's word-book : a vocabulary compiled for Esther Johnson and copied in her own hand /: a vocabulary compiled for Esther Johnson and copied in her own hand. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by A.C. Elias Jr. and John Irwin Fischer ; continued by Panthea Reid.
• Authors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Reid, Panthea
• Editors: Elias, A. C; Fischer, John Irwin, 1940-
• Contents: Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Background <span style="font-style:italic;"> by Panthea Reid ; Elias and Me <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Preface <span style="font-style:italic;">by Ann Cline Kelly ; A Note on This Text <span style="font-style:italic;">by Panthea Reid ; Introduction: Part I ; “But who shall arbitrate on Stella’s Hand?” <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Introduction: Part II ; Pygmalion Reversed: Joined in Obscurity <span style="font-style:italic;"> by John Irwin Fischer ; Introduction: Part III ; “Our late Friend” <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Introduction: Part IV ; Swift the Lexicographer: His “Explanation of Difficult English Words” Rediscovered <span style="font-style:italic;">by A. C. Elias, Jr. ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Word-Book : A Vocabulary by Jonathan Swift, Transcribed by Esther Johnson and, ; Almost Three Hundred Years Later, by A. C. Elias, Jr. ; Appendix A: Surviving Documents Said to Be in Esther Johnson’s Hand <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Appendix B: Documents Supposed to Display Esther Johnson’s or Rebecca Dingley’s ; Hand <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Appendix C: Matthew Concanen’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Miscellaneous Poems (1724) Including Two Poems ; Sometimes Attributed to Esther Johnson <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Appendix D: A Checklist of Early English Dictionaries <span style="font-style:italic;">by A. C. Elias, Jr. ; Appendix E: Sample Entries from the <span style="font-style:italic;">Word-Book Compared with Other Contemporary ; Dictionaries <span style="font-style:italic;">by A. C. Elias, Jr. ; Appendix F: Littleton’s English/Latin, Latin/English Dictionary <span style="font-style:italic;">by John Irwin Fischer ; Selected Bibliography ; Index ; About the Editors
• Publisher Details: Newark : University of Delaware Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 423; English language -- Dictionaries; English language -- 18th century; Knowledge -- Language and languages
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781611496567
• Related ISBNs: 9781611496550
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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