Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an AfricanPenguin, 1998 - 336 oldal 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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... Miss Crewe , submitted a copy of Sancho's unpublished 31 August 1779 letter to William Stevenson to The Gentleman's Magazine on 5 April 1781 to ad- vertise " that a collection of his Letters is preparing for the pub- lick . " The two ...
... Miss Leach that a good letter should provide , in Pope's words , " a window in the bosom , " which reveals the writer's true self . This desire for revelation of the authentic self led to the frequent and usually disingenuous disclaimer ...
... Miss Crewe's edition . What we know he intended for publication in the newspapers was often first " published " by being distributed in private letters . Many of his letters open with a quoted epigraph that introduces the theme or ...
... ac- knowledging it . Miss Crewe may have censored some passages or letters that she thought would offend the public's sensibilities . The possibility of editorial censorship also applies to Sancho's rare XXX INTRODUCTION.
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