Flint and Feather (1913) is a collection of the complete poems of
E. Pauline Johnson. Revered as one the foremost Canadian poets of
her time, Johnson was a prolific writer whose works explored her
Mohawk heritage while shedding light on the racism and persecution
faced by indigenous peoples across North America. “The lyrical
verse herein is as a ‘Skyward floating feather, / Sailing on
summer air.’ And yet that feather may be the eagle plume that
crests the head of a warrior chief; so both flint and feather bear
the hall-mark of my Mohawk blood.” So states Johnson in the
foreword to her complete poems, Flint and Feather, a collection
that captures not only her range as a poet in tune with the
Romantic tradition, but her dualistic sense of identity as a woman
of Mohawk and English heritage. Choosing to emphasize the former,
Johnson, who also went by Tekahionwake, her great-grandfather’s
name, adopts the persona of an Indian wife who, watching her love
depart, wonders what he will “suffer from the white man’s
hand.” In fear, in anger, in desperation, she proclaims “By
right, by birth we Indians own these lands, / Though starved,
crushed, plundered, lies our nation low…” In the face of
defeat, she offers a poetry in tune with the “ghost upon the
shore,” the voices one hears “when the Northern candles light
the Northern sky.” Johnson’s voice is thus both one of
resistance and mourning, her song one of a land of plains and
rivers, of fields that await the harvest despite the “prying
pilot crow” whose “thieving raids” descend “[a]t husking
time.” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of E. Pauline Johnson’s Flint
and Feather is a classic of Canadian literature reimagined for
modern readers.
General
| Imprint: |
Graphic Arts Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Mint Editions |
| Release date: |
September 2021 |
| Authors: |
E. Pauline Johnson
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| Contributors: |
Mint Editions
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| Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5132-0727-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-5132-0727-X |
| Barcode: |
9781513207278 |
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