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This paper builds on the work of many scholars who have demonstrated that the\udcoverage of individual works and authors in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is shaped\udby their literary status (see, for example, Schäfer 1980). Although this is now a well established fact, it does not discourage popular and scholarly assertions about the unusual\udcreativity of a writer or the particular influence of a work based on their provision of OED\udcitations (see Brewer 2012b; McConchie 2012). Indeed, the accessibility of the “top 1,000\udauthors and works quoted” on OED Online encourages this approach. The continued scrutiny\udof the lexis of well-represented sources produces additional new words, senses and\udantedatings, and thus the circular process of reputation-enhancement is sustained. Brewer\ud(2009; 2012a) argues that, in the same way that some authors were systematically favoured in\udthe original compilation of the OED, others were systematically side-lined. She finds, for\udexample, that female authors tend to be cited specifically for domestic terms rather than for\udevidence of general usage. McConchie (2012) finds that the treatment of compounds and\udlevel of detail in definitions also varies between authors. This paper argues that OED1 made\udsimilarly stereotyped use of citations from the works of John Bunyan and that the citations\udselected from his works were shaped by his declining literary reputation in the centuries\udfollowing his death. The creative use of compounds is a characteristic feature of Bunyan’s\udwritten style, perhaps reflecting the wider usage of contemporary dissenters, and these are not\udrepresented in the same detail as compounds used by more canonical writers. This paper also\udargues that changes in editorial policy and the use of electronic searches for OED3 are likely\udto lead to Bunyan slipping down the OED’s table of most frequently cited sources.Peer-reviewedPost-prin

Using Dictionary Evidence to Evaluate Authors’ Lexis: John Bunyan and the Oxford English Dictionary