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 T...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aldo Corcella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Lea
Subjects:
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/15816
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849764037396529152
author Aldo Corcella
author_facet Aldo Corcella
author_sort Aldo Corcella
collection DOAJ
description 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.
format Article
id doaj-art-b2f2bbfcd6ce41ccb30014af47c7a6c9
institution DOAJ
issn 1824-484X
language English
publishDate 2024-12-01
publisher Firenze University Press
record_format Article
series Lea
spelling doaj-art-b2f2bbfcd6ce41ccb30014af47c7a6c92025-08-20T03:05:14ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2024-12-0113172610.36253/lea-1824-484x-1581614653A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite LiteratureAldo Corcella0Università della BasilicataAn 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.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/15816dictionaries of mythologymythology in 18th-century francetranslations from french into english in the 18th centuryjohn newbery
spellingShingle Aldo Corcella
A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
Lea
dictionaries of mythology
mythology in 18th-century france
translations from french into english in the 18th century
john newbery
title A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
title_full A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
title_fullStr A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
title_full_unstemmed A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
title_short A Mythological Dictionary. The Gentleman and Lady’s Key to Polite Literature
title_sort mythological dictionary the gentleman and lady s key to polite literature
topic dictionaries of mythology
mythology in 18th-century france
translations from french into english in the 18th century
john newbery
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/15816
work_keys_str_mv AT aldocorcella amythologicaldictionarythegentlemanandladyskeytopoliteliterature
AT aldocorcella mythologicaldictionarythegentlemanandladyskeytopoliteliterature