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Tekahionwake: E. Pauline Johnson´s Writings on Native North America
E. Pauline Johnson
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Description for Tekahionwake: E. Pauline Johnson´s Writings on Native North America
Paperback. E. Pauline Johnson's writings on Indigenous issues and identity are gathered for the first time in this new collection. Editor(s): Fee, Margery; Nason, Dory. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake, is remarkable as one of a very few early North American Indigenous poets and fiction writers. Most Indigenous writers of her time were men educated for the ministry who published religious, anthropological, autobiographical, political, and historical works, rather than poetry and fiction. More extraordinary still, she became both a canonical poet and a literary celebrity, performing on stage for fifteen years across Canada, in the US, and in London. Johnson is now seen as a central figure in the intellectual history of Canada and the United States, and as an important historical example ... Read more
E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake, is remarkable as one of a very few early North American Indigenous poets and fiction writers. Most Indigenous writers of her time were men educated for the ministry who published religious, anthropological, autobiographical, political, and historical works, rather than poetry and fiction. More extraordinary still, she became both a canonical poet and a literary celebrity, performing on stage for fifteen years across Canada, in the US, and in London. Johnson is now seen as a central figure in the intellectual history of Canada and the United States, and as an important historical example ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Broadview Editions
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781554811915
SKU
V9781554811915
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About E. Pauline Johnson
E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake (1861-1913) was a Canadian poet, fiction writer, journalist, and actor. Margery Fee is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dory Nason holds a joint appointment in the departments of First Nations Studies and English at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Reviews for Tekahionwake: E. Pauline Johnson´s Writings on Native North America
“More than a century after her death, E. Pauline Johnson continues to surprise, intrigue, and challenge us to ask important questions about the long and often troubled relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada. Margery Fee and Dory Nason have done a commendable job in assembling Johnson’s work in such a way as to demonstrate not only her enduring legacy as ... Read more