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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300089198
ISBN-139780300089196
eBay Product ID (ePID)1826732
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameCaught in the Web of Words : James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectDictionaries, Cultural Heritage
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaReference, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorK. M. Elisabeth Murray
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal423/.092
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisThis unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it, and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. "It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." --Anthony Burgess "A moving and dramatic story . . . sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." -- Times (London) "A biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself--grace, humor, intelligence, curiosity, and scholarship." -- Time "In her vivid biography, Murray's granddaughter brings his remarkable personality to life, and provides an unexpectedly fascinating account of the OED's long and difficult birth." -- Times Literary Supplement "A gripping, engaging story; endearing, too. The daily round of a big Victorian family, with its jokes, games, and treasured seaside holidays, is entrancingly evoked." -- Sunday Times (London)
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- 17. Sep. 2019
MUST READ INDEED!
Very good read, historical insights rarely seen elsewhere...fascinating cove to cover.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
