Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson: Ethiopian Thought in the Making of an English Author
- ISBN-10
- 019979331X
- ISBN-13
- 9780199793310
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06-01
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Wendy Laura Belcher
Description
Uncovers African influences on the Western imagination during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the ways Ethiopia inspired and shaped the work of Samuel Johnson.
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- 2012-05-31
- 285 pages
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- OUP USA
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