by Simon Winchester · OUP Oxford · tapa dura · ISBN 9780198607021
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«The Meaning of Everything» is the historical essay by Simon Winchester, published by OUP Oxford in hardcover (260 pages, in English).
Simon Winchester narrates the gestation of the Oxford English Dictionary, the ambitious Victorian project to gather all English vocabulary, and the figures who drove it, such as James Murray. The account combines nineteenth-century social history, lexicography, and the biographies of the scholars involved in the work.
Published in 2003, it includes bibliographic references (pp. 251-253), an index, and maps on the endpapers.
A book for those interested in the history of words, lexicography, and great intellectual projects.
Simon Winchester is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 best-selling nonfiction books, one novel, and several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.
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