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Canadian Born (Paperback)
E. Pauline Johnson; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R112
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Canadian Born (1895) is a collection of poems by E. Pauline
Johnson. Revered as one the foremost indigenous 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. Canadian Born
captures Johnson's range as a poet in tune with the Romantic
tradition without erasing her dualistic sense of identity as a
woman of Mohawk and English heritage. Introducing her collection
with a brief inscription, the poet lays out the political purpose
of her work addressed to all "Canadian born" individuals, "whether
he be [her] paleface compatriot who has given to [her] his right
hand of good fellowship," or "that dear Red brother of whatsoever
tribe or Province." No matter the identity of her reader, Johnson
hopes to show them that "White Race and Red are one if they are but
Canadian born." Whether or not she succeeds in her mission is up to
the reader to decide, and yet the beauty and power of her poetry
cannot be denied. Personal and political, patriotic and critical of
colonial misdeeds, Johnson captures as much as she can of the
Canadian experience, paying equal regard to a mariner longing to
return to "the sea, the hungry sea" and an Indian corn husker with
"Age in her fingers, hunger in her face, / Her shoulders stooped
with weight of work and years." With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of E. Pauline
Johnson's Canadian Born is a classic of Canadian literature
reimagined for modern readers.
The White Wampum (1895) is the debut poetry collection of E.
Pauline Johnson. Originally published in London, The White Wampum
launched her career as one of Canada's most distinguished artists.
Revered as one the foremost indigenous 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 White Wampum captures
Johnson's range as a poet in tune with the Romantic tradition
without erasing 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 a Mohawk wife devoted to her husband, a
powerful warrior: "I am Ojistoh, I am she, the wife / Of him whose
name breathes bravery and life / And courage to the tribe that
calls him chief. / I am Ojistoh, his white star, and he / Is land,
and lake, and sky-and soul to me." When members of the rival Huron
tribe capture Ojistoh, their plan for retribution fails to account
for her own strength and willpower. Outnumbered and unarmed, she
remains certain she will return to her husband alive. In "The
Camper," Johnson invokes the beauty and simplicity of life on the
plains, erasing for a moment all distinction between man and god,
heaven and earth: "Night neath the northern skies, lone, black, and
grim: / Nought but the starlight lies twixt heaven, and him. / Of
man no need has he, of God, no prayer; / He and his Deity are
brothers there." With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of E. Pauline
Johnson's The White Wampum is a classic of Canadian literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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.
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.
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Legends of the Capilano (Hardcover)
E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake; As told to Joe Capilano (Sahp-Luk), Mary Agnes Capilano (Lixwelut); Edited by Alix Shield
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R1,834
Discovery Miles 18 340
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Moccasin Maker
E. Pauline Johnson
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R499
Discovery Miles 4 990
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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