Johnson's dictionary and the language of learning, Robert DeMaria, Jr

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Contents: Introduction: the Dictionary as literature -- Johnson's book -- The audience of the Dictionary -- The meaning of the Dictionary -- The genre of Johnson's Dictionary -- The field of knowledge in Johnson's Dictionary -- Part I: Knowledge -- The shape of knowledge -- The acquisition and possession of knowledge -- Supreme knowledge -- Part II: Ignorance -- Declarations and descriptions of ignorance -- Specific points of ignorance -- Pseudodoxia -- Part III: Truth -- The rhetoric of truth -- Conviction -- Probability and opinion -- Part IV: Mind -- Soul -- The order of the mental faculties -- Part V: Education -- Learning -- Teachers and pupils -- Extracurricular activities -- Religion and morality -- Part VI: Language -- A world of words -- The growth and reformation of English -- Part VII: The arts of writing, reading and speaking -- Writing -- Reading -- Speech -- Part VIII: Arts and sciences -- Critics and criticism -- Poetry and poets -- The fine arts -- The professions of the gown -- Part IX: Fundamentals -- Faith, hope, and charity -- God and providence -- Freedom -- Death and judgment -- Part X: Happiness -- Human life -- Human wishes -- Work

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