{"product_id":"writing-a-war-of-words-lynda-mugglestone-9780198870159","title":"Writing a War of Words: Andrew Clark and the Search for Meaning in World War One","description":"\u003cem\u003eWriting a War of Words\u003c\/em\u003e is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the \u003cem\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e - to document changes in the English language from the start of the First World War up to 1919. Clark's unique series of lexical scrapbooks, replete with clippings, annotations, and real-time definitions, reveals a desire to put living language history to the fore, and to create a record of often fleeting popular use. The rise of \u003cem\u003etrench warfare\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eZeppelinophobia\u003c\/em\u003e of total war, and descriptions of \u003cem\u003eshellshock\u003c\/em\u003e (and \u003cem\u003eraid shock\u003c\/em\u003e on the Home Front) all drew his attentive gaze. The archive includes examples from a range of sources, such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front, as well as documenting social issues such as the shifting forms of representation as women 'did their bit' on the Home Front. Lynda's Mugglestone's fascinating investigation of this valuable archive reassesses the conventional accounts of language history during this period, recuperates Clark himself as another 'forgotten lexicographer', challenges the received wisdom on the inexpressibilities of war, and examines the role of language as an interdisciplinary lens on history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynda Mugglestone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198870159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198870159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Lynda Mugglestone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993083412735,"sku":"9780198870159","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f814290-8d47-4ea8-93f5-395b36a72bcb.jpg?v=1683322432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-a-war-of-words-lynda-mugglestone-9780198870159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}