Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson: Ethiopian Thought in the Making of an English Author

by Wendy Laura Belcher

As a young man, Samuel Johnson, one of the most celebrated English authors of the eighteenth century, translated A Voyage to Abyssinia by Jeronimo Lobo, a tome by a Portuguese missionary about the country now known as Ethiopia. Far from being a potboiler, this translation left an indelible imprint on Johnson. Demonstrating its importance through a range of research and attentive close readings, Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson highlights the lasting influence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199793212
• ISBN13: 9780199793211
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"