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Wendy Laura Belcher
Abyssinia’s Samuel Johnson [PDF ebook]
Ethiopian Thought in the Making of an English Author

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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 352 ● ISBN 9780199793310 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2487945 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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