A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: . New edn., carefully revised and corrected.

WALKER, John.

Verlag: William Tegg & Co. 1856, 1856

Beschreibung

Front. port.; sl. damp marked. Ads on e.ps. Orig. purple cloth; spine a little faded. Contemp. inscription erased in ink with later inscription on recto of front. v.g. John Walker, 1732-1807, enjoyed an eclectic career as an actor, philologist and lexicographer. Married to the comic actress Miss Myners, Walker earned some success on the stage working under Garrick in Drury Lane and later at the Covent Garden Theatre. On leaving the stage, Walker took up teaching and began lecturing on elocution, a role that drew the patronage and friendship of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke. The DNB notes that 'he was generally held in the highest esteem in consequence of his philological attainments. but according to Madame d'Arblay, "though modest in science, he was vulgar in conversation".' First published in 1791, Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary was the standard work on English Orthoepy for almost a century. It was published in over 100 editions up until 1904 not withstanding the derivative publications it spawned. (O'Neill, p.364.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3566

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Titel: A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and ...

Verlag: William Tegg & Co. 1856

Erscheinungsdatum: 1856

Einband: Hardcover