Johnson's Dictionary and the Language of LearningUNC Press Books, 2000 M09 1 - 320 pages 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 |
Contents
Preface | ix |
A Note on the Form of Citation | xiii |
The Dictionary as Literature | 3 |
2 The Audience of the Dictionary | 11 |
3 The Meaning of the Dictionary | 19 |
4 The Genre of Johnsons Dictionary | 26 |
5 The Field of Knowledge in Johnsons Dictionary | 32 |
1 Knowledge | 38 |
62 The Growth and Reformation of English | 163 |
7The Arts of Writing Reading and Speaking | 175 |
72 Reading | 182 |
73 Speech | 187 |
8 Arts and Sciences | 196 |
82 Poetry and Poets | 207 |
83 The Fine Arts | 217 |
832 Painting and Architecture | 218 |
12 The Acquisition and Possession of Knowledge | 48 |
13 Supreme Knowledge | 55 |
2 Ignorance | 61 |
22 Specific Points of Ignorance | 66 |
23 Pseudodoxia | 70 |
3 Truth | 78 |
32 Conviction | 81 |
33 Probability and Opinion | 85 |
4 Mind | 92 |
42 The Order of the Mental Faculties Mind | 96 |
5 Education | 106 |
511 The Ancients | 108 |
512 Grammar Rhetoric Logic and Philosophy | 120 |
513 Specific Uses and Abuses of Learning | 127 |
52 Teachers and Pupils | 136 |
53 Extracurricular Activities | 146 |
532 Travel | 148 |
54 Religion and Morality | 150 |
6 Language | 153 |
84 The Professions of the Gown | 221 |
842 Divinity | 222 |
843 Law | 224 |
9 Fundamentals | 228 |
91 Faith Hope and Charity | 229 |
92 God and Providence | 233 |
93 Freedom | 237 |
94 Death and Judgment | 241 |
10 Happiness | 251 |
101 Human Life | 252 |
102 Human Wishes | 257 |
103 Work | 263 |
Notes | 267 |
Bibliography | 279 |
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