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use of Imlac, who has traveled to the West and seen its advancements. This led to philosophical comparison between the West and the East in the story. Through this, Johnson implies that the West is superior to the East, using Imlac as a mouthpiece. This negative portrayal of the East is done in the beginning of the story with the description of the Happy Valley. This description details how this place is meant to be a paradise or utopia, but also alluded to the idea of a prison. This setting, coupled with the western idea of happiness seen in
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interpretations to call it a work that reflects the wider geo-political world in the year of publication (1759): the year in which "Britain became master of the world". Rasselas is seen to express hostility to the rising imperialism of his day and to reject stereotypical "orientalist" viewpoints that
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At the age of fifty, Johnson wrote the piece in only one week to help pay the costs of his mother's funeral, intending to complete it on 22 January 1759 (the eve of his mother's death). Johnson is believed to have received a total of £75 for the copyright. Though this is still popular belief, Wharton
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Abdulhafeth Ali Khrisat, Johnson follows a tradition of "academic studies of orientalism in the 18th century... west of the oriental studies which mainly focused on the Turkish language, culture, institutions and Islam." This tradition of study shows up in Rasselas through the
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Johnson sent his manuscript to the publisher he titled the work "The History of – - – - Prince of Abissinia," which suggests that he had still not decided on the name of his protagonist. It is Belcher's argument that "Johnson coined the name 'Rasselas' for its
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had nothing to do with
Abyssinia, and that Samuel Johnson chose Abyssinia as a locale for no other reason than wanting to write an anti-orientalist fantasy, some have begun to argue that the book has a deep tie to Ethiopian thought due to Johnson's translation of
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instead of going to see his mother while she was still alive. It was written in anticipation of her funeral. Edward Tomarken writes in his book,
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was written soon after his mother's death". It wasn't a way of "defraying" the expenses of the funeral. In fact, Johnson wrote
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means 'portrait', Johnson may have invented the term 'portrait of a prince' as an evocative name for his main character."
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to be a work of philosophical and practical importance and critics often remark on the difficulty of classifying it as a
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Imlac – a philosopher, son of a merchant, who has come to the Happy Valley only to find that life there is empty
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sees an aged Johnson reflecting on lost youth in the character of Rasselas, who is exiled from Happy Valley.
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The Bassa – The highest title of honour in the Ottoman Empire. The Bassa does little to help his subjects.
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The Hermit – One of the first men Rasselas meets on his journey. Discourages him from a life of solitude.
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Genealogy of Rasselas Wilcox Brown and Mary Potter Brownell Brown, their descendants and ancestral lines
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Kolb, Gwin J. (1949), "Johnson's 'Dissertation on Flying' and John Wilkins' 'Mathematical Magick'",
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Arieti, James A. (1981), "A Herodotean Source for Rasselas, Ch. 6",
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symbolic meaning, not its phonetic relation to the Catholic prince
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Gray, Stephan (1985), "Johnson's Use of Some Myths in Rasselas",
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about forty years later, in 1797, though not published until 1816
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The description of the Happy Valley is very similar to the poem "
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in which he describes the inevitable defeat of worldly ambition.
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Rasselas, the fourth son of the King of Abyssinia (modern-day
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Stanley – The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
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A History and Criticism of Samuel Johnson's Oriental Tales
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is mentioned numerous times in later notable literature:
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1759 apologue about bliss and ignorance by Samuel Johnson
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Rasselas Valley (Photograph) State Library of Tasmania
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Nekayah – sister and travelling companion of Rasselas
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2727:The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
2666:A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
2344:The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
2320:The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
2160:, Cambridge University Press, pp. 58–81
2080:"Dr. Johnson as Equivocator: The Meaning of
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1925:The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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137:The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
1946:, by Johnson, Samuel, Oxford World Classics
851:Sirak Heruy, son of Ethiopian intellectual
437:While the story is thematically similar to
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2799:A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson
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2112:Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature
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1951:"Samuel Johnson's message to America"
1942:Keymer, Thomas (2009), Introduction,
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2784:Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson
2673:A Dictionary of the English Language
2286:Samuel Johnson and the Theme of Hope
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1365:(1759). 2012, p. 9. Google Scholar
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2156:: A Rewriting of Paradise Lost?",
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2637:The Plays of William Shakespeare
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2248:, University Press of Kentucky,
2220:. In Rines, George Edwin (ed.).
2207:Essays in Criticism and Research
1928:, Broadview Press, p. 176,
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757:– Captain Brown (who is reading
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2401:. Northwestern University Press
2332:The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale
2073:(PhD), Florida State University
2000:Research in African Literatures
1994:Kurtz, Roger (26 August 2015),
1957:. 25 March 2009. Archived from
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143:The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale
64:The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale
2305:Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia
1853:Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
1769:Chisholm, Kate (30 May 2015),
1758:Brown, Issac Brownell (1922),
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690:Mohammed / Intelligence Man –
226:the vogue for exotic locations
204:Following in the footsteps of
146:, though often abbreviated to
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2360:Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
2146:, LINC Tasmania, January 1900
2036:McDaid, Celine, interviewee,
2012:10.2979/reseafrilite.46.3.239
1704:, New Directions Publishing,
1670:Belcher, Wendy Laura (2012),
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772:The House of the Seven Gables
156:about bliss and ignorance by
33:Rasselas Prince of Abissinia
2450:Birthplace, home, and museum
2078:O'Flaherty, Patrick (1970),
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783:is read by Hepzibah Pyncheon
362:Pekuah – Nekayah's attendant
224:, Johnson was influenced by
7:
2363:public domain audiobook at
2106:Pahl, Chance David (2012),
1700:Borges, Jorge Luis (2013),
1077:Wharton & Mayersen 1984
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503:
417:Orientalist interpretations
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2720:The Vanity of Human Wishes
2214:Trent, William P. (1920).
1896:(in Spanish), arteHistoria
1720:The life of Samuel Johnson
1361:Khrisat, Abdulhafeth Ali.
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249:The Vanity of Human Wishes
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2620:Life of Mr Richard Savage
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2385:Modern Language Quarterly
2244:Tomarken, Edward (1989),
2152:Rees, Christine (2010), "
2100:10.1215/00267929-31-2-195
2088:Modern Language Quarterly
2069:Nassir, Ghazi Q. (1989),
1955:Times Literary Supplement
1812:Novel: A Forum on Fiction
1674:, Oxford University Press
1559:Belcher & Herouy 2015
842:The Mountains of Rasselas
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2536:Elizabeth Johnson (wife)
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2329:Johnson, Samuel (1759).
2014:– via Project Muse
1416:Johnson, Samuel (1804).
1373:. Accessed 13 Oct. 2021.
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382:Critical interpretations
2858:Books by Samuel Johnson
1948:, earlier published as
932:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
648:Housekeeper / Pekuah –
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2868:Novels set in Ethiopia
2768:Life of Samuel Johnson
2752:Life of Samuel Johnson
2680:Letter to Chesterfield
2647:Preface to Shakespeare
2565:Essays and periodicals
2272:Philological Quarterly
2223:Encyclopedia Americana
1851:Hawkins, John (2013),
971:Rasselas, Pennsylvania
745:– Helen Burns reads it
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583:A radio adaptation of
568:Elizabeth Pope Whately
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177:and Mayerson's book, "
2397:Alkon, P. K. (1967).
2387:, 1954 15(1), 36–41;
2303:Zewde, Bahru (2002),
1656:10.1093/notesj/gjp007
831:was read by explorer
788:The Mill on the Floss
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287:A Voyage to Abyssinia
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235:A Voyage to Abyssinia
172:Origin and influences
2495:Samuel Johnson Prize
2025:The Abolition of Man
2019:Lewis, C.S. (1943),
1788:Dubosarsky, Ursula,
1636:10.1093/nq/28-3-241a
1112:Quote attributed to
947:Edward Seidensticker
879:: "Let us hope that
876:The Abolition of Man
262:Barlaam and Josaphat
232:. He had translated
140:, originally titled
2658:Miscellaneous prose
2600:Taxation no Tyranny
2021:"Chapter 2:The Way"
1917:, London: H. McLean
1855:, Athens, Georgia,
904:The Book of Sequels
853:Heruy Welde Sellase
777:Nathaniel Hawthorne
760:The Pickwick Papers
654:Princess Nekayah –
611:as the poet Imlac.
534:(after pictures by
530:with engravings by
451:, particularly the
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187:Johnson's biography
60:Original title
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2690:Fiction and poetry
2625:Lives of the Poets
2573:Birmingham Journal
2480:Literary criticism
2470:Dr Johnson's House
1893:Inés Joyés y Blake
1798:on 7 February 2012
1508:Dr Johnson's House
822:Gulliver's Travels
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707:Inés Joyes y Blake
698:Cultural allusions
660:Prince Rasselas –
617:Dr Johnson's House
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2465:Edial Hall School
2377:John Robert Moore
2349:Project Gutenberg
2339:. 2nd ed. Vol. 1.
2296:978-1-349-17403-4
2255:978-0-8131-1689-1
1862:978-0-8203-4427-0
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1791:Ursula Dubosarsky
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