The making of Johnson’s dictionary - Video

Update: 2011-01-31

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Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language taught the British how to spell, established Shakespeare as their greatest writer and provided the first and longest lasting map of the English language in all its subtlety and variety. This lecture will tell the extraordinary story of how the first dictionary was made and take you inside what has become the least well known great book in our literature.

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The making of Johnson’s dictionary - Video

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The making of Johnson’s dictionary - Video