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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Lexicographer’s Dilemma: The Evolution of
“Proper” English from Shakespeare to South Park
The English Language: A User’s Guide
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
Samuel Johnson’s Insults
Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife
That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
JACK LYNCH is a professor of English at Rutgers University. He specializes in English literature of the eighteenth century and the history of the English language. He is the author of several books, including The Lexicographer’s Dilemma: The Evolution of “Proper” English, from Shakespeare to South Park and Samuel Johnson’s Insults: A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights, and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master. He lives in New Jersey.
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