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Sites about Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

by Samuel Johnson

Romantic tale of a young prince who escapes from his seclusion in "Happy Valley."

Characters: Rasselas

Critical sites about Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Restless Wrestling: Johnson's Rasselas

http://www.english.uga.edu/nhilton/lexis_complexes/chap3.html

"Samuel Johnson's Rasselas can be seen in part as the personal (a word rooted in Latin per-sona, "a mask") meditation one might expect given its presenting occasion, the death of the author's mother and his ostensible need for money to cover funeral experiences, and itscomposition in a week-long, scarcely revised outpouring. "

Contains: Content Analysis, Historical Context

Author: Hilton, Nelson

From: Lexis Complexes University of Georgia Press, 1995.

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