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Michael Bartholomew talks to course tutor Dr Anne McDermott, at Birmingham University.
Michael Bartholomew talks to course tutor Dr Anne McDermott, at Birmingham University.
| Module code and title: | A206, The Enlightenment |
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| Item code: | A206; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 04-03-1993 |
| Published: | 1993 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:19:00 |
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| Producer: | Robert Philip |
| Contributor: | Ann McDermott |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Diderot; Encyclopedie; Gibbon; Hume; Johnson |
| Footage description: | Michael Bartholomew talks to course tutor Dr Anne McDermott, at Birmingham University, about her special project on Dr Johnson's dictionary. She tells how Johnson spent most of his working life on updating and improving the dictionary and that many editions of it exist. In addition to which there are manuscript materials in which Johnson incorporated lots of changes to the text. Dr McDermott also looks at comparisons between Diderot and Johnson and Johnson's prejudice against Gibbon and Hume for their unorthodoxy. |
| Master spool number: | TMK30692YA0024LJO |
| Production number: | TMK30692YA0024LJO |
| Available to public: | no |
