Description: In 1752 upon the death of his wife, Samuel Johnson turned toward that one doctrine of Christian Thought most vital in the tradition of consolation, the doctrine of immortality, and made it the topic of a celebratory sermon. Seven years later, the illness and death of his mother, The immediate occasion of his writing the History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, cause Johnson to turn once more, believe, to the doctrine of immortality, and this time to embody it in the form of a moral apologue. Rasselas can be understood most fully, I shall argue, if regarded in the context of eighteenth-century philosophical discussions on the nature of the human soul. My opening chapters trace the main direction of these discussions involving philosophers and poets, deists and Christians, from 1690 to 1759; the second half of this study is a close critical reading of Rasselas based on this context.
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Book Title: Eighteenth-Century Arguments for Immortality and Johnson's Rassel
Book Series: Englisg Literature Studies No. 9
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
9" x 6": 73 pages
Publisher: University of Victoria
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Publication Year: 1977
Type: Critical Essay
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Robert G. Walker
Genre: Religious & Spiritual
Topic: Human Soul, Immortality, Eternity, Life After Death, Everlasting Life
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
