Spanish ballads ; Female poets : Miss Blamire, Mrs. James Gray ; American orators : Daniel Webster ; Old authors : Ben Jonson ; Fashionable poets : William Robert Spencer ; Autobiography of dramatic authors : Colley Cibber, Richard Cumberland ; Female poets : Mrs. Clive, Mrs. Acton Tindal, Miss Day, Mrs. Robert Dering ; Cavalier poets : Richard Lovelace, Roger L'Estrange, The Marquis of Montrose ; Poetry that poets love : Walter Savage Landor, Leigh Hunt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats ; Authors associated with places : Christopher Anstey ; American poets : John Greenleaf Whittier, Fitz-Greene Halleck ; Voluminous authors : Hargrave's State trials ; Fishing songs : Mr. Doubleday, Miss Corbett ; Authors associated with places : John Kenyon
Spanish ballads ; Female poets : Miss Blamire, Mrs. James Gray ; American orators : Daniel Webster ; Old authors : Ben Jonson ; Fashionable poets : William Robert Spencer ; Autobiography of dramatic authors : Colley Cibber, Richard Cumberland ; Female poets : Mrs. Clive, Mrs. Acton Tindal, Miss Day, Mrs. Robert Dering ; Cavalier poets : Richard Lovelace, Roger L'Estrange, The Marquis of Montrose ; Poetry that poets love : Walter Savage Landor, Leigh Hunt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats ; Authors associated with places : Christopher Anstey ; American poets : John Greenleaf Whittier, Fitz-Greene Halleck ; Voluminous authors : Hargrave's State trials ; Fishing songs : Mr. Doubleday, Miss Corbett ; Authors associated with places : John Kenyon

Author: Mary Russell Mitford

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Published: 1852

Total Pages: 324

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So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter

Author: Mariama Bâ

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2012-05-06

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1478611235

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Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.