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Jonathan Swift's word-book : a vocabulary compiled for Esther Johnson and copied in her own hand / edited by A. C. Elias Jr. and John Irwin Fischer ; continued by Panthea Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Knowledge and learning.
- Swift, Jonathan.
- Language and languages.
- English language--18th century.
- English language.
- English language--Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- This Word-Book is presumably the only work of Jonathan Swift's not in print, until now. Since the 1690s, Swift had been formulating a list of words and definitions for his protégé Esther Johnson, beginning with terms from the Book of Common Prayer.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Background
- Elias and Me
- Preface
- A Note on This Text
- Introduction: Part I
- Introduction: Part II
- Introduction: Part III
- Introduction: Part IV
- The Word-Book
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Editors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-64453-026-0
- OCLC:
- 1249474294
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