Johnson, Rasselas, and the Choice of CriticismUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1989 - 210 pages |
Contents
A History of Rasselas Criticism 17591986 | 5 |
Preparation for Entry | 38 |
A Journey to Understanding | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Abyssinia achieved aesthetic apologue Aspasia asserted astronomer attempt beatus become Boswell chapter characters choice of eternity choice-of-life Christian concerns concludes context couplet Democritus demonstrate desire discourse Dryden Dunciad eighteenth century elements English episode explains extraliterary fact final garden genre happy valley Hebrides hermit hope Human Wishes Imlac Imlac's history Iona Irene Islands of Scotland Johnson's Rasselas Johnsonian Journey Juvenal Juvenal's Kolb Lascelles learning Leopold Damrosch Leyburn literary criticism literary process literary understanding literature London marriage moral narrative narrator nature Nekayah notion novel O'Flaherty paradise Pekuah perspective philosopher pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's position present prince prince's principle problem quest question Rambler Rambler number Rasselas reader religion retirement retreat Samuel Johnson satire Scotland secular seen Sejanus stoicism story structure suggests Thales tion tradition travelers Vanity of Human Voltaire W.K. Wimsatt Weinbrot Western Islands Wimsatt Wolsey writing Zaïre Zara