FRANCISCO BALTAZAR

Francisco Baltazar y dela Cruz (1788-1862) was the preeminent poet of the Tagalog
language and author of the literary masterpiece Florante at Laura !e wrote countless
poems" awits" #omedyas and corridos !is literary achie$ements secured his place at the top
of the pantheon of Tagalog poets %ther great Tagalog writers li#e &ulian 'ru(
)almaceda and !ermenegildo 'ru( called him *!ari ng +a#atang Tagalog,
)alta(ar is otherwise #nown as Francisco )alagtas" his original name !e had ta#en the name
)alagtas from a +anila family whom he had ser$ed as a house-oy !e was affectionately
called .i#o
Legacy
)igaa" )alta(ar/s -irthplace" was renamed )alagtas in his honor 0t was esta-lished as a
regular -arangay on 1 Fe-ruary 1272 Today there is a museum and a -irthplace mar#er
in honor of )alta(ar in the town
&ose 3i(al" spea#ing through 4oli +e Tangere/s 5ilosopo Tasio" declared 6 7+ahusay na
ma#ata at mahusay mag-isip si )alta(ar7 ()alta(ar is a great poet and a great thin#er)
)alagtasan is the term gi$en -y Filipinos to the art of e8temporaneous de-ating in
$erse
5la(a )alagtas in 5andacan was named in his honor -y +anila +ayor 9ntonio & :illegas
0t is located on ;stero de )eata where he once li$ed and whose many estuaries or
esteros he descri-ed in his writings
)alagtas <ay has -een cele-rated in %rion" )ataan since 2 9pril 12=2
*!imno de >an +iguel", locally #nown as *5agpupuri #ay >an +iguel, is sung in 'atholic
churches on special occasions The song/s $erses are lifted directly from one of his
poems
Carlos Pea Romulo
Carlos Pea Romulo is a #nown author" soldier" uni$ersity president and diplomat !e was the
only Filipino ?ournalist who won the 5ulit(er 5ri(e !e was also the first 9sian who ser$ed as
president of the @nited 4ations (@4) Aeneral 9ssem-ly !e was also credited to -e
9mericaBs most trusted 9sian spo#esman
Pulis!ed "or#s
0 >aw the Fall of the 5hilippines" 1212
+other 9merica" 121C
+y )rother 9mericans" 121=
0 >ee the 5hilippines 3ise" 1216
The @nited" no$el" 12=1
'rusade in 9sia" 12==
The +eaning of )andungD The +agsaysay >tory" 12=6" with +ar$in + Aray
Friend to Friend" 12=8" with 5earl > )uc#
Eal#ed with !eroes" auto-iography" 1261
+ission to 9sia6 The <ialogue )egins" 1261
'ontemporary 4ationalism and Eorld %rderD 0dentity and 'hange6 Towards a 4ational
<efinition" 126=
;$asions and 3esponse" 1266
The @ni$ersity and the ;8ternal 9id
'larifying the 9sian +ystiFue
0n the +ainstream of <iplomacy
Forty Gears6 9 Third Eorld >oldier at the @4
The 5hilippine 5residents
Amado $era %ernandez
Amado $era %ernandez (1C >eptem-er 12HC I 21 +arch 127H) was a Filipino writer"
no$elist" and la-or leader !e wrote to critici(e social in?ustice in the 5hilippines and was
imprisoned for his in$ol$ement in communist acti$ities !owe$er" his $arious wor#s were
e$entually recogni(ed and he -ecame a 4ational 9rtist for Literature in 127C
Eor#s
No&el
+ga 0-ong +andaragit" 1262
Luha ng )uwaya" 1272
Poems
0sang <ipang Langit
5anata sa .alayaan
9ng <alaw
)artolina
.ung Tuyo na ang Luha +o 9#ing )ayan
S!ort stories
Eala ng Lunas
.ulang sa <ilig
Langaw sa 0sang )asong Aatas
<alawang +etro sa Lupang <i-+alipad ng @wa#
0pinangana# ang 0sang .aaway sa >osyedad
+agpinsan
Plays
+untinglupa" 12=7
!agdan sa )ahaghari" 12=8
9ng mga .agalang-galang"12=2
+ag#a-ilang +u#ha ng 0sang )agol" 126H
'ssays
>i 9tang at ang <ulaan
>i 'ora(on de &esus at ang ating 5anulaan
5ilipinismo6 >usi sa )agong Tagumpay
(arcelo %ilario del Pilar y )atmaytan
(arcelo %ilario del Pilar y )atmaytan (9ugust CH" 18=HJ&uly 1" 1826) was a cele-rated
figure in the 5hilippine 3e$olution and a leading propagandist for reforms in the5hilippines
5opularly #nown as 5laridel" he was the editor and co-pu-lisher of La >olidaridad !e tried to
marshal the nationalist sentiment of the enlightened Filipino ilustrados" or -ourgeoisie"
against >panish imperialism
+arcelo !ilario was -orn in .upang" )ulacan" on 9ugust CH" 18=H" to cultured parents &uliKn
del 5ilar and )lasa Aatmaytan !e studied at the 'olegio de >an &osL and later at
the @ni$ersity of >anto Tomas" where he finished his law course in 188H
Fired -y a sense of ?ustice against the a-uses of the clergy" del 5ilar attac#ed -igotry and
hypocrisy and defended in court the impo$erished $ictims of racial discrimination
0n 1882" del 5ilar founded the newspaper <iariong Tagalog to propagate democratic li-eral
ideas among the farmers and peasants 0n 1888" he defended &osL 3i(alBs polemical writings
-y issuing a pamphlet against a priestBs attac#" e8hi-iting his deadly wit and sa$age ridicule
of clerical follies
0n 1888" fleeing from clerical persecution" del 5ilar went to >pain" lea$ing his family -ehind
0n <ecem-er 1882" he succeeded Araciano LMpe( &aena as editor of the Filipino reformist
periodical La solidaridad in +adrid !e promoted the o-?ecti$es of the paper -y contacting
li-eral >paniards who would side with the Filipino cause @nder <el 5ilar" the aims of the
newspaper were e8panded to include remo$al of the friars and the seculari(ation of the
parishesD acti$e Filipino participation in the affairs of the go$ernmentD freedom of speech" of
the press" and of assem-lyD wider social and political freedomsD eFuality -efore the lawD
assimilationD and representation in the >panish 'ortes" or 5arliament
<el 5ilarBs difficulties increased when the money to support the paper was e8hausted and
there still appeared no sign of any immediate response from the >panish ruling class )efore
he died of tu-erculosis caused -y hunger and enormous pri$ation" del 5ilar re?ected the
assimilationist stand and -egan planning an armed re$olt
Claro (ayo Recto
Claro (ayo Recto (Fe-ruary 8" 182H TiaongNTiKong" Taya-as - %cto-er 2" 126H 3ome" 0taly)
was a Filipino politician" ?urist" poet and one of the foremost statesmen of his generation !e
is remem-ered mainly for his nationalism" for 7the impact of his patriotic con$ictions on
modern political thought7 O1P
!e was -orn in TiaongNTiKong" Taya-as (now #nown as Que(on pro$ince) of educated" upper
middle-class parents !e studied Latin at the 0nstituto de 3i(al in Lipa" )atangasfrom 12HH
to 12H1 Further schooling was at the 'olegio del >agrado 'ora(Mn of <on >e-astiKn :irrey
!e mo$ed to +anila to study at the 9teneo de +anila where he consistently o-tained
outstanding scholastic grades" graduating with a )achelor of 9rts degree ma8ima cum laude
!e recei$ed a +asters of Laws degree from the @ni$ersity of >anto TomKs
S*eec!es and "ritings
9 realistic economic policy for the 5hilippines >peech deli$ered at the 5hilippine
'olum-ian 9ssociation" >ept 26" 12=6 0>)4 )HHH7.'F;+
%n the Formosa Question" 12== 0>)4 )HHH7&0=<0
@nited >tates-5hilippine 3elations" 12C=-126H 9licia )enite(" ed @ni$ersity of !awaii"
1261
Three years of enemy occupation6 The issue of political colla-oration in the 5hilippines
Filipiniana series" 128= Filipiana reprint 0>)4 )HHH7.1&3A
%ur trade relations with the @nited >tates" 12=1 0>)4 )HHH7.8L>6
The e$il of religious test in a democracy" 126H 0>)4 )HHH7.1G8E
>olo entre las som-res6 <rama en un acto y en prosa" 1217D reprinted 1222 0>)4 271-
===-CH6-H
9siatic monroeism and other essays6 9rticles of de-ate" 12CH 0>)4 )HHH89=C=1
The law of -elligerent occupation and the effect of the change of so$ereignty on the
commonwealth treason law6 Eith particular reference to the &apanese occupation of
the 5hilippines" 1216
%ur lingering colonial comple8" a speech -efore the )aguio 5ress 9ssociation" 12=1
The Quirino ?un#et6 an %-?ecti$e 9ppraisal" 1212 0>)4 )HHH7.197E
The 5hilippine sur$i$al6 4ationalist essays -y 'laro + 3ecto" 1282
'laro 3ecto on our 'onstitution" 'onstitutional 9mendments and the 'onstitutional
'on$ention of 1221
%ur mendicant foreign policy" a speech at the commencement e8ercises" @ni$ersity of
the 5hilippines" 12=1
The 3ecto :aledictory" a collection of 1H ne$er-deli$ered speeches" with ;nglish
translations -y 4ic# &oaFuin" 128=

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:intage 3ecto6 +emora-le speeches and writings" edited -y 3enato 'onstantino"
1286
Teodoro +Teddyoy+ Locsin, -r
Teodoro +Teddyoy+ Locsin, -r." 5L! is a 5hilippine politician" lawyer" and ?ournalist who
ser$ed as congressman for the 1st district of +a#atifrom 2HH1 to 2H1H
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!e currently does
the editorial segment titled 7Teditorial7 for 94'Bs nightly newscast" The Eorld Tonight
'arly li/e
Locsin was -orn in +anila on 4o$em-er 1=" 1218 !is father was the prominent newspaperman
and pu-lisher Teodoro Locsin" >r
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Ehen >enior 9ssociate &ustice Leonardo Quisum-ing retired from the >upreme 'ourt on
4o$em-er =" 2HH2" Locsin was among the candidates nominated -y the &udicial and )ar
'ouncil as a potential replacement
Personal li/e.
!e is married to +a Lourdes )arcelon" who ran for 'ongress at the First <istrict of
+a#ati for the Li-eral 5arty" -ut lost to outgoing 'ouncilor +oniFue Gasmin Lagdameo of
5<5-La-an >he ran for such post as her hus-and is ineligi-le to see# reelection after three
consecuti$e terms of ser$ice
!e was formerly married to 5hilippine >toc#s ;8change officer :i$ian Guchengco They ha$e
two daughters" +argarita and )ianca
Career !istory
>egment anchor of The Eorld TonightBs T;<itorial (2H11Ipresent)
Former host of 9ssignment on 9)>-')4 (1221I2HHC)
5u-lisher and editor-in-chief of Today 4ewspaper (+anila >tandard Today) (122CI
2HH=)
;8ecuti$e director of 5hilippine Free 5ress maga(ine (122CIpresent)
5u-lisher of The <aily Alo-e newspaper (1288I122C)
5residential speechwriter of %ffice of the 5resident (128=I1222)
5residential spo#esperson" legal counsel and speechwriter" office of 5res 'ora(on
9Fuino of +inistry of 0nformation" +alacaRang (1286I1288)
Lecturer of @> Ear 'ollege (1221)
;8ecuti$e assistant to the chairman of 9yala 'orporation and )an# of the 5hilippine
0slands (1282I128=)
9ssociate of 9ngara" 9-ello" 'oncepcion" 3egala and 'ru( Law offices (1277I1282)
;ditorial writer of 5hilippine Free 5ress (1267I1272)
A('RICAN FA(O0S LIT'RAT0R'
Anne Bradstreet (-orn Anne 1udleyD +arch 2H" 1612 I >eptem-er 18" 1672) was the first
poet and first female writer in the )ritish 4orth 9merican colonies to -e pu-lished !er
first $olume of poetry was The Tenth +use Lately >prung @p in 9merica" pu-lished in 16=H
0t was met with a positi$e reception in -oth the %ld Eorld and the 4ew Eorld
2or#s
)radstreetBs education ga$e her ad$antages that allowed her to write with authority a-out
politics" history" medicine" and theology !er personal li-rary of -oo#s was said to ha$e
num-ered o$er 8HH" although many were destroyed when her home -urned down This e$ent
itself inspired a poem entitled 7@pon the )urning of %ur !ouse &uly 1Hth" 16667 >he re?ects
the anger and grief that this worldly tragedy has caused her and instead loo#s toward Aod
and the assurance of hea$en as consolation" saying6
79nd when 0 could no longer loo#"
0 -lest !is grace that ga$e and too#"
That laid my goods now in the dust
Gea" so it was" and so Btwas ?ust
0t was his ownD it was not mine
Far -e it that 0 should repine7
Title page" second (posthumous) edition of )radstreetBs poems" 1678
9s a younger poet" )radstreet wrote fi$e Fuaternions" epic poems of four parts each (see
wor#s -elow) that e8plore the di$erse yet complementary natures of their su-?ect
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+uch of
)radstreetBs poetry is -ased on o-ser$ation of the world around her" focusing hea$ily on
domestic and religious themes" and was considered -y 'otton +ather a momument to her
memory -eyond the statliest mar-le
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Long considered primarily of historical interest" she
won critical acceptance in the 2Hth century as a writer of enduring $erse" particularly for
her seFuence of religious poems 7'ontemplations7" which was written for her family and not
pu-lished until the mid-12th century
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)radstreetBs wor# was deeply influenced -y the
poetAuillaume de >alluste <u )artas" who was fa$ored -y 17th-century readers
4early a century later" +artha Eadsworth )rewster" a nota-le 18th-century 9merican poet
and writer" in her principal wor#" Poems on 1i&erse Su3ects" was influenced and pays
homage to )radstreetBs $erse
<espite the traditional attitude toward women of the time" she clearly $alued #nowledge and
intellectD she was a free thin#er and some consider her an early feministD unli#e the more
radical 9nne !utchinson" howe$er" )radstreetBs feminism does not reflect heterodo8"
antinomian $iews
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)ased on her poems" )radstreet could also -e considered to -e
a complementarian
%erman (el&ille (9ugust 1" 1812 I >eptem-er 28" 1821) was an 9merican no$elist" poet" and
writer of short stories !is contri-utions to theEestern canon are the whaling no$el +o-y-
<ic# (18=1)D the short wor# )artle-y" the >cri$ener (18=C) a-out a cler# in a Eall >treet
officeD the sla$e ship narrati$e )enito 'ereno (18==)D and )illy )udd" >ailor (1221) Ehen
as#ed which of the great 9merican writers he most admired":ladimir 4a-o#o$ replied6
7Ehen 0 was young 0 li#ed 5oe" and 0 still lo$e +el$ille" whom 0 did not read as a -oy7
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9round his twentieth year he was a schoolteacher for a short time" then -ecame a seaman
when his father met -usiness re$ersals %n his first $oyage he ?umped ship in the +arFuesas
0slands" where he li$ed for a time !is first -oo#" an account of that time" Typee" -ecame a
-estseller and +el$ille -ecame #nown as the 7man who li$ed among the canni-als7
9fter %moo" the seFuel to his first -oo#" +el$ille -egan to wor# philosophical issues in his
third -oo#" the ela-orate +ardi (1812) The pu-lic indifference to +o-y-<ic# (18=1)"
and 5ierre (18=2)" put an end to his career as a popular author From 18=C to 18=6 he wrote
short fiction for maga(ines" collected as The 5ia((a Tales (18=6) 0n 18=7" +el$ille
pu-lished The 'onfidence-+an" the last wor# of fiction pu-lished during his lifetime <uring
his later decades" +el$ille wor#ed at the 4ew Gor# 'ustoms !ouse and pri$ately pu-lished
some $olumes of poetry in editions of only 2= copies Ehen he died in 1821" +el$ille was
almost completely forgotten 0t was not until the 7+el$ille 3e$i$al7 at the occasion of the
centennial of his -irth that his wor# won recognition 0n 1221" the story )illy )udd"
>ailor was pu-lished" which +el$ille wor#ed on during his final years" and left in manuscript at
his death
The single most +el$illean characteristic of his prose is its allusi$eness >tanley T Eilliams
said 70n +el$illeBs manipulation of his reading was a transforming power compara-le to
>ha#espeareBs
Legacy
5laFue outside 1H1 ;ast 26th street" 4ew Gor#
0n 128=" the 4ew Gor# 'ity !erman +el$ille >ociety gathered at 1H1 ;ast 26th >treet
to dedicate the intersection of 5ar# 9$enue south and 26th >treet as !erman +el$ille
>Fuare This is the street where +el$ille li$ed from 186C to 1821 and where" among
other wor#s" he wrote )illy )udd
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0n 2H1H it was announced that a new species of e8tinct giant sperm whale" Li$yatan
mel$illei was named in honor of +el$ille The paleontologists who disco$ered the fossil
were all fans of +o-y-<ic# and decided to dedicate their disco$ery to the author
Rose Terry Coo#e (nLe Terry) (Fe-ruary 17" 1827 I &uly 18" 1822) was an 9merican
writer -orn in Eest !artford" 'onnecticut to !enry Eadsworth Terry and 9nne Eright
!url-ut
'arly li/e
>he went to the !artford Female >eminary where 7For her own entertainment she wrote
poems and dramas for her friends7
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>he graduated from the seminary at age si8teen and
that same year -ecame a mem-er of the 'ongregational 'hurch and -egan teaching at a
5res-yterian church in )urlington" 4ew &ersey and wor#ed as a go$erness for the family of
clergyman Eilliam :an 3ensselaer
Literary "or#
TerryBs first pu-lished poem appeared in the 4ew Gor# <aily Tri-une in 18=1 and recei$ed
high praise
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from the editor 'harles 9 <ana 0n 18== she pu-lished 7The +ormonBs Eife7
inArahamBs +aga(ine" of which ;li(a-eth >tuart 5helps wrote that it 7dealt powerfully with
the leprosy of +ormonism" and wrung from the heart tears dried only -y the heat of
indignation"7 and interpreted the story as early e$idence of 'oo#eBs 7intuitions of genius a
genius OwhichP -ecame the ultimate e8pression of generations of hard 5uritan ancestry7
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0n
186H she pu-lished a $olume of poems" and in 1888 she pu-lished more $erse with
her 'omplete 5oems 0t was after her marriage in 187C to 3ollin ! 'oo#e that she -ecame
-est #nown for her fresh and humorous stories !er chief $olumes of fiction dealing mainly
with 4ew ;ngland country life were !appy <odd6 or" >he !ath <one Ehat >he
'ould (1878)" >ome-odyBs 4eigh-ors (1881)"3oot--ound and %ther >#etches (188=)" The
>phin8Bs 'hildren and %ther 5eopleBs (1886)" 4o6 9 >tory for )oys(1886)" >teadfast (1882)
and !uc#le-erries Aathered From the 4ew ;ngland !ills (1821) >he died at 5ittsfield"
+assachusetts on &uly 18" 1822
Ben3amin Fran#lin Norris, -r. (+arch =" 187H I %cto-er 2=" 12H2) was an 9merican no$elist"
during the 5rogressi$e ;ra" writing predominantly in the naturalist
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genre !is nota-le
wor#s include +cTeague
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(1822)" The %ctopus6 9 >tory of 'alifornia
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(12H1)"
andThe 5it
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(12HC)
Legacy
4orrisBs no$el The 5it was adapted for the theater -y 'hanning 5olloc# in four acts
5roduced -y Eilliam 9 )rady" the play premiered at 4ew Gor#Bs Lyric Theatre in
Fe-ruary 1H" 12H1 9 film adaptation of The 5it was produced in 1217" -y Eilliam 9
)radyBs 5icture 5lays 0nc
4orrisBs short story 79 <eal in Eheat7 (12HC) and the no$el The 5it were the -asis for
the 12H2 <E Ariffith film 9 'orner in Eheat
4orrisBs +oran of the Lady Letty was adapted -y +onte + .atter?ohn in 1222
<irected -y Aeorge +elford" the film starred 3udolph :alentino and <orothy <alton
4orrisB +cTeague has -een filmed twice" most famously as a 1221 film called Areed -y
director ;rich $on >troheim
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9n earlier $ersion" entitled LifeBs Ehirlpool" was
produced in 121= -y the Eorld Film 'orporation" starring Fania +arinoff and !ol-roo#
)linn
9n opera -y Eilliam )olcom" -ased loosely on his 1822 no$el" +cTeague" was premiered
-y 'hicagoBs Lyric %pera in 1222 The wor# is in two acts" with li-retto -y 9rnold
Eeinstein and 3o-ert 9ltman The Lyric %peraBs presentation featured )en !eppner in
the title role and 'atherine +alfitano as Trina" the dentistBs wife
0n 2HH8" the Li-rary of 9merica selected 4orrisBs newspaper article 7!unting !uman
Aame7 for inclusion in its two-century retrospecti$e of 9merican True 'rime
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9n alley-way in >an Francisco -ears his name (Fran# 4orris >t) 0t runs from 5ol# >t
to Lar#in >t and is located parallel to and in--etween 5ine >t and )ush >t in the cityBs
Lower 4o- !ill district
Sui Sin Far ('hinese6 D pinyin6 >hu Sin !u" -orn 'dit! (aude 'atonD 1= +arch 186=
I 7 9pril 1211) was an author #nown for her writing a-out 'hinese people in 4orth 9merica
and the 'hinese 9merican e8perience 7>ui >in Far7" her pen name" is the 'antonese name of
thenarcissus flower" popular amongst 'hinese people
Li/e account
)orn in +acclesfield" 'heshire" ;ngland" Far was the daughter of ;nglishman ;dward ;aton" a
merchant who met her 'hinese mother while on a -usiness trip to >hanghai" 'hina
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!er
mother was Arace 7Lotus )lossom7 Trefusis" the adopted daughter of ;nglish missionaries
Far was the oldest daughter and second child of fourteen children 0n the early 187Hs" her
family left ;ngland to li$e in !udson" 4ew Gor#" @nited >tates" -ut stayed there only a short
time -efore relocating to +ontreal" Que-ec" 'anada !er father struggled to ma#e a li$ing
and the large family went through difficult times )ecause of their po$erty" at a young age"
Far left school to wor# in order to help support her family 4onetheless" the children were
educated at home and raised in an intellectually stimulating en$ironment that saw -oth Far
and her younger sister Einnifred ;aton" who wrote under the pen name" %noto Eatanna"
-ecome successful writers
;aton -egan writing as a young girlD her articles on the 'hinese people were accepted for
pu-lication in +ontrealBs ;nglish-language newspapers" the +ontreal >tar and the <aily
Eitness >he e$entually left +ontreal to li$e in the @nited >tates" first in >an Francisco"
then in >eattle" -efore going to the east coast to wor# in )oston
Partial iliogra*!y
+rs >pring Fragrance (1212)
'han !en Gen" 'hinese >tudent (1212)
9 Lo$e >tory from the 3ice Fields of 'hina (1211)
The )ird of Lo$e (121H)
9n 9utumn Fan (121H)
Lea$es from the +ental 5ortfolio of an ;urasian (12H2)
9 'hinese 0shmael (1822)
Nellallitea +Nella+ Larsen" -orn Nellie 2al#er (9pril 1C" 1821 I +arch CH" 1261)" was an
9merican no$elist of the !arlem 3enaissance First wor#ing as a nurse and a li-rarian" she
pu-lished two no$elsJQuic#sand (1228) and 5assing (1222)Jand a few short stories Though
her literary output was scant" she earned recognition -y her contemporaries 9 re$i$al of
interest in her writing has occurred since the late twentieth century" when issues of racial
and se8ual identity and identification ha$e -een studied
2or#s
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!elga 'rane is a fictional character loosely -ased on LarsenBs e8periences in her early life
'rane is the lo$ely and refined mi8ed-race daughter of a <anish mother and a Eest 0ndian
-lac# father !er father died soon after the she was -orn @na-le to feel comforta-le with
her ;uropean-9merican relati$es" 'rane li$es in $arious places in the @nited >tates and $isits
<enmar#" searching for people among whom she feels at home
0n her tra$els she encounters many of the communities which Larsen #new For e8ample"
'rane teaches at 4a8os" a >outhern 4egro -oarding school (-ased on Tus#egee @ni$ersity)"
where she -ecomes dissatisfied with its philosophy >he critici(es a sermon -y a white
preacher" who ad$ocates the segregation of -lac#s into separate schools" and says their
stri$ing for social eFuality would lead -lac#s to -ecome a$aricious 'rane Fuits teaching and
mo$es to 'hicago !er white maternal uncle" now married to a -igoted woman" shuns her
'rane mo$es to !arlem" 4ew Gor#" where she finds a refined -ut often hypocritical -lac#
middle class o-sessed with the 7race pro-lem7
Ta#ing her uncleBs legacy" 'rane $isits her maternal aunt in 'openhagen" where she is treated
as a highly desira-le racial e8otic +issing -lac# people" she returns to 4ew Gor# 'ity
;8periencing a near mental -rea#down" 'rane happens onto a store-front re$i$al and a
charismatic religious e8perience 9fter marrying the preacher who con$erts her" she mo$es
with him to the rural <eep >outh There she is disillusioned -y the peopleBs adherence to
religion 0n each of her mo$es" 'rane fails to find fulfillment >he is loo#ing for more than
how to integrate her mi8ed ancestry >he e8presses comple8 feelings a-out what she and her
friends consider genetic differences -etween races
The no$el de$elops 'raneBs search for a marriage partner 9s it opens" she has -ecome
engaged to marry a prominent >outhern 4egro man" whom she does not really lo$e" -ut with
whom she can gain social -enefits 0n <enmar# she turns down the proposal of a famous white
<anish artist for similar reasons )y the final chapters" 'rane has married a typical -lac#
>outhern preacher