Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an AfricanPenguin, 1998 - Počet stran: 336 Born on a slave ship enroute to the West Indies, orphaned by the age of two and taken to England by his owner, Ignatius Sancho rose from servitude to include among his friends noted artists, writers, actors, and prominent politicians. Sancho first gained celebrity when one of his letters appeared in the novelist Laurence Sterne's Letters (1775) and, inspired by the editor's desire to show "that an untutored African may possess abilities equal to a European", two volumes of Sancho's letters were published shortly after his death. The literary quality and the historical importance of the letters endure, revealing a man of sensitivity, intellect, and charm, while also presenting an unusual chronicle of the times. Sancho offers young men fatherly advice on their futures; writes flirtatiously to young women; relates the joys and sorrows of family life; swaps literary jokes; and comments perceptively on the issues of the day. His thoughts on race and politics -- including his criticism of British imperialism in India, the complicity of Africans in the slave trade, and the blatant racism that flourishes in his adopted homeland -- will be of particular interest to twentieth-century readers. While some letters may have been abridged because of the original editor's concerns about public sensitivities, they remain a powerful testament to the injustices of racial discrimination. |
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... British firsts : the first published correspondence ; the earliest recorded autobiographical ac- count of domestic family life ( Sancho and his wife , Anne , had seven chil- dren ) ; the first playwright , theater critic , art critic ...
... British Dictionary of National Biography . Vincent Carretta is a professor of English at the University of Maryland , College Park . His publications include " The Snarling Muse " : Verbal and Visual Satire from Pope to Churchill ( 1983 ) ...
... British literary figure during the last half of the eighteenth century , had agreed to write his biography , but he never accomplished the task . Consequently , Jekyll wrote his life of Sancho " in Imitation of Dr. Johnson's Style ...
... British press , Sancho died on 14 December 1780 as a result of " a series of complicated disorders " probably associated with the gout that caused him to retire from Montagu's service . The eighteenth- century association of gout with ...
... British imperialism and slavery in India , Africa , and the West Indies , Sancho positions himself as simply " a resident " judging the sins of " your country " : I am sorry to observe that the practice of your country ( which as a ...