"The Overturning of an Arbitrary Government": Pigott's Radical Challenge to Standard Lexicography.
An essay is presented studying Charles Pigott's pamphlet 1795 "A Political Dictionary Explaining the True Meaning of Words," in the context of eighteenth-century lexicography, as a follow-up to Jon Mee's work on the conflict between Pigott's character and career and the radical culture of the period...
| Publicado en: | Texas Studies in Literature & Language Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 251 - 278 |
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University of Texas Press
Fall2016
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| Sumario: | An essay is presented studying Charles Pigott's pamphlet 1795 "A Political Dictionary Explaining the True Meaning of Words," in the context of eighteenth-century lexicography, as a follow-up to Jon Mee's work on the conflict between Pigott's character and career and the radical culture of the period, resulting in the marginalization of his works. The meaning of pacification is explained to exemplify Pigott's resistance to standard lexicography. |
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