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Canadian Born

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“We first saw light in Canada, the land beloved of God; / We are the pulse of Canada, its marrow and its blood.” In her poetry collection Canadian Born, E. Pauline Johnson attempts to unify her mixed Mohawk and English ancestry while ensuring her readers that “White Race and Red are one if they are but Canadian born.”

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E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was a Canadian poet and actress. Also known by her stage name Tekahionwake, Johnson was born to an English mother and a Mohawk father in Six Nations, Ontario. Johnson suffered from illness as a child, keeping her from school and encouraging her self-education through the works of Longfellow, Tennyson, Browning, Byron, and Keats. Despite the racism suffered by Canada's indigenous people, Johnson was encouraged to learn about her Mohawk heritage, much of which came from her paternal grandfather John Smoke Johnson, who shared with her and her siblings his knowledge of the oral tradition of their people. In the 1880s, Johnson began acting and writing for small theater productions, finding success in 1892 with a popular solo act emphasizing her duel heritage. In these performances, Johnson would wear both indigenous and Victorian English costumes, reciting original poetry for each persona. As a poet, she wrote prolifically for such periodicals as Globe and Saturday Night, publishing her first collection, The White Wampum, in 1895. Her death at the age of 52 prompted an outpouring of grief and celebration in Canada; at the time, Johnson's funeral was the largest in Vancouver history, attracting thousands of mourners from all walks of life.


Product details

Authors E. Pauline Johnson, Pauline E. Johnson
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 16.11.2021
 
EAN 9781513223018
ISBN 978-1-5132-2301-8
No. of pages 40
Illustrations Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
Series Mint Editions
Mint Editions—Native Stories, Indigenous Voices
Mint Editions (Native Stories, Indigenous Voices)
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama

POETRY / General, Poetry, Poetry / Poems

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