Johnson's Dictionary and the Language of LearningUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1986 - 303 pagini Although the Dictionary is primarily a philological work, DeMaria shows how it also serves literary, moral, and educational purposes. By analyzing the content of the 116,000 illustrative quotations used by Johnson, the author illuminates the major themes of the book: knowledge and ignorance, truth and probabiity, learning and education, language, religion, and morality. Johnson's choice of which quotations to include represents his vision of the intellectual landscape. |
Cuprins
The Dictionary as Literature | 3 |
Knowledge | 38 |
Ignorance | 61 |
Truth | 78 |
Mind | 92 |
Education | 106 |
3 2 Travel | 148 |
The Arts of Writing Reading and Speaking | 175 |
Arts and Sciences | 196 |
Fundamentals | 228 |
Happiness | 251 |
Notes | 267 |
Bibliography | 279 |
Index of Words Cited in the Dictionary | 287 |
Index of Authors Cited in the Dictionary | 296 |
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