E. Pauline JohnsonCritiques
Auteur de Legends of Vancouver
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Legends of Vancouver par E. Pauline Johnson
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sfj2 | 1 autre critique | Jan 20, 2024 | I loved this book! Johnson is a much better poet than I expected after skimming Legends of Vancouver. She has a sure sense of poetic meter and rhythm. While the themes are sometimes dated (the noble savage poems at the beginning) and the diction occasionally archaic, the poems are always very readable. I especially liked the subtlety of her nature subjects.
The ending of the poem Shadow River:
O! pathless world of seeming !
O! pathless life of mine whose deep ideal
Is more my own than ever was the real.
For others Fame
And Love's red flame,
And yellow gold : I only claim
The shadows and the dreaming.
The ending of the poem Shadow River:
O! pathless world of seeming !
O! pathless life of mine whose deep ideal
Is more my own than ever was the real.
For others Fame
And Love's red flame,
And yellow gold : I only claim
The shadows and the dreaming.
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wjburton | Dec 28, 2021 | I can’t rate this one. I need to read more about Pauline’s life and context of the times.
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Wordbrarian | 1 autre critique | Mar 5, 2019 | Signalé
ShelleyAlberta | Jun 4, 2016 | Legends of Vancouver by Pauline Johnson is a charming compilation of Coastal Indian myths. It was a delight to read the tales about so many locations and attractions I grew up with: Siwash Rock, Lost Lagon, Coal Harbour, Point Grey and Deer Lake. Also included is a Native version of The Great Flood and a very interesting account of Britain's Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Iroquois, which I'm sure might be viewed as controversial today due it's description of the Iroquois support of the British crown. The writing reflects the racial sentiments of the day (1911).
As mixed race English and Iroquois, Johnson lives in both worlds and writes with authenticity and great love for the Native peoples. The prose is beautiful albeit a bit florid for today's tastes.
I learned a lot about the culture of the Coastal First Nations peoples as I previously didn't imagine our Coastal Indians using canoes, arrows and being as warlike as depicted in these tales.
The book would have been enhanced by photos of the various locations throughout the city and with illustrations of the mythical warriors, princesses, Chiefs and medicine men as well.
Legends of Vancouver should be required reading for all Vancouver schoolchildren.
As mixed race English and Iroquois, Johnson lives in both worlds and writes with authenticity and great love for the Native peoples. The prose is beautiful albeit a bit florid for today's tastes.
I learned a lot about the culture of the Coastal First Nations peoples as I previously didn't imagine our Coastal Indians using canoes, arrows and being as warlike as depicted in these tales.
The book would have been enhanced by photos of the various locations throughout the city and with illustrations of the mythical warriors, princesses, Chiefs and medicine men as well.
Legends of Vancouver should be required reading for all Vancouver schoolchildren.
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Zumbanista | 1 autre critique | Jan 14, 2015 | Sublime writing by an intelligent and creative and much overlooked poet.
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thesmellofbooks | Feb 22, 2009 | Signalé
BooksInMirror | 1 autre critique | Feb 19, 2024 | Liens
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