The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia / Samuel Johnson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Thomas Keymer.

By:

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Contributor(s):

Keymer, Thomas, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.Edition: New edDescription: 1 online resource (xlv, 157 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191568183
019156818X
019922997X
9780199229970

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Rasselas

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.DDC classification:

823/.6 22

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PR3529.A2 H375 2009eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Samuel Johnson; THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA; Explanatory Notes; Glossary.

Summary: What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of.

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Samuel Johnson; THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA; Explanatory Notes; Glossary.

What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of.

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