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From: Artforum
Date: 20051001
Author:Sheidlower, Jesse

Defining Moment ON ITS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, A LOOK BACK AT DOCTOR JOHNSON'S EXHAUSTIVE DICTIONARY DEFINING THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DR. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY BY HENRY HITCHINGS NEW YORK: FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. 304 PAGES. $24.

SAMUEL JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY: SELECTIONS FROM THE 1755 WORK THAT DEFINED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY JACK LYNCH NEW YORK: WALKER & COMPANY. 656 PAGES. $40.

THE YALE EDITION OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, VOL. XVIII: JOHNSON ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY GWIN J. KOLB AND ROBERT DEMARIA JR. NEW HAVEN, CT: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS. ...

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