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Author Belcher, Whitney

Title Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson : Ethiopian thought in the making of an English author / Wendy Laura Belcher
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : map
Summary This title uncovers African influences on the Western imagination during the 18th century, paying particular attention to the ways Ethiopia inspired and shaped the work of Samuel Johnson
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Sources
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Ethiopia
Lobo, Jerónimo, 1596?-1678. Itinerário
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Rasselas.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Irene
SUBJECT Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. fast (OCoLC)fst00029184
Itinerário (Lobo, Jerónimo) fast (OCoLC)fst01360925
Rasselas (Johnson, Samuel) fast (OCoLC)fst01361377
Subject English literature -- African influences.
Civilization.
English literature -- African influences.
SUBJECT Ethiopia -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007009374
Subject Ethiopia.
Genre/Form Sources.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199949700
0199949700