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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... World of the Eighteenth Century ( 1996 ) . Professor Car- retta edited the Penguin Classics edition of The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano . LETTERS OF THE LATE IGNATIUS SANCHO , AN AFRICAN EDITED.
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... editions of Sancho's Letters , published after Sancho's death . Jekyll later reported that Sancho was so famous that Samuel Johnson , the greatest British literary figure during the last half of the eighteenth century , had agreed to ...
... edition of Letters , which includes men and women , aristocrats , servants , artists , businessmen , country squires , and prominent politicians . The ease and respect with which he communicates with his correspondents , no matter how ...
... edition of Sancho's Letters were sold by subscription . Because publication by subscription required at least partial payment in advance for the book , the number and variety of subscribers , ranging from former fellow servants to ...