Habesha Discourse and Johnson’s Oriental Tales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23474261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Laura Belcher (0000-0003-1734-4136, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 170-188 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2505778743 |
| ISBN | 9780199793211 |
| Language | EN |
Johnson wrote many “oriental tales” over the same decade he wrote Rasselas, in the 1750s. Most appear to contain details that rise from Johnson’s reading about the Habasha. Some of the Habesha details in Johnson’s tales are mere geography or nomenclature, yet the amalgam of resemblances suggests a deep resonance, one informed by Habesha self-representations.
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |