lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical motif

[Olga Meerson]

I forgot the most important, near contemporary book by Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov-- Zapiski i vypiski (arranged alphabetically and deliberately selectively). It is so much fun to read other people's suggestions! You live and learn, or as the Russian say, vek zhivi--vek uchis'--durakom pomresh'. But seriously, even the discussion itself is very instructive.
o.m.
 
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> >Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:40:08 +0200
> >From: Toma Tasovac <ttasovac at PRINCETON.EDU>  
> >Subject: [SEELANGS] lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical 
> motif  
> >To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> >
> >Dear colleagues,
> >
> >I'm interested in the literary and philosophical treatment of  
> >lexicography and the figure of the lexicographer on his/her 
> elusive  
> >quest for meaning, identity and satisfaction in and against 
> language,  
> >which runs the gamut from mediocrity (Flauber't ridicule of 
> Charles  
> >Bovary's extensive and systematic use of the French-Latin 
> dictionary,  
> >for instance) to madness (Roget's obsessive-compulsive compilation 
> of  
> >lists of all sorts, or the celebrated case of the committed -- in  
> >both senses of the word -- OED contributor William Chester Minor).
> >
> >I'd like to dip into the collective brain of this list and solicit 
> 
> >examples -- Slavic or non-Slavic -- of poetry (e.g. Neruda's Odo 
> al  
> >Diccionario), fiction (such as Bruno Frank's Der Reisepaß, Pavic'  
> >???????? ??????), essays written by non-lexicogrphers  
> >(e.g. Sartre writing about the fascinating pictures in Nouveau  
> >Larousse illustré, or Borges' preface to Diccionario enciclopédico 
> 
> >Grijalbo), dictionaries written by non-lexicographers (Voltaire's  
> 
> >Dictionnaire philosophique, Flaubert's Dictionnaire des idées  
> >reçues, Solzhenitsin's ??????? ???????  
> >????????? ??????????) or any other literary/ 
> >philosophical texts in which the theory and practice of collecting 
> 
> >and defining words plays a thematic, metaphoric or structural role.
> >
> >Any tips or references, no matter how small, would be appreciated. 
> 
> >Many thanks in advance.
> >
> >All best,
> >Toma
> >
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