Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Modern Philology

Publisher

The University of Chicago

Publication Date

8-1992

Volume

90

Issue

1

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature

Abstract

Today we are at a crucial moment in the evolution of the Oxford English Dictionary, as the dog-eared volumes are withdrawn from library shelves and replaced by the sleek second edition of 1989. This new OED bears witness to the continuing relevance and utility of the "New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" for the current generation of literary scholars. The event of its publication provides an opportunity for a fresh historical perspective on the circumstances surrounding the production of the original OED, which was published between 1884 and 1928 in a series of 125 fascicles and bound up into those thick volumes so familiar to students and teachers of English literature.

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©1992 The University of Chicago

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