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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making ofthe Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
Imprint
New York : HarperPerennial, 2005.
Copies
Location
Call No.
Status
CCQ - Lusail Female Library
PE1617.O94
Available
Edition
1st HarperPerennial ed.
Description
xiii, 242, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note
"P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.
"First HarperPerennial edition published 1999. Reissued 2005"--T.p. verso.
Contents
The dead ofthe night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea
Summary
Looks at the making ofthe Oxford English dictionary.