A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
An investigation on the nature and sources of The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature (London: J. Newbury, ca. 1761), a dictionary of mythology that results to have been a hasty compilation mainly based on Pierre Chompré’s and André de Claustre’s French dictionaries, and from Ainsworth’s Thesaurus.
Authors
- Aldo Corcella
Institutions
- University of Basilicata (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- LEA - Lingue e Letterature d Oriente e d Occidente
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36253/lea-1824-484x-15816
- Primary Topic
- Historical and Literary Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00