Maurice Kenny by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey
Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer serves as a comprehensive introduction to Kenny's body of work for readers who may be unfamiliar with his writing. Written by prominent scholars in American Indian literature, the book is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to musings on Kenny's influence, and the second to traditional critical essays using historical, nationalist, Two Spirit, creative, memoir, and tribal-theoretical approaches."With this book, Kelsey makes a valuable contribution to several fields of literary studies, including environmental, LGBTQ, and, of course, contemporary American IndianThe book is important especially because Kenny (b. 1929) has been the subject of surprisingly little scholarship … The ten essays coalesce into a rich portrait of a poetry that explores complex overlapping identity issues in late-20th-century America and the roots of these issues as far back as the early contact/conflict between Native Americans and British colonialists." — CHOICE
"The essays in this collection bear witness to [Kenny's] ability to inspire others, his generosity of spirit, and the importance of his body of work as a significant part of the American literary canon." — from the Foreword by Joseph Bruchac
"This is a much-needed celebration of a seminal but understudied figure in modern American Indian/Iroquois literature." — Donald A. Grinde Jr., editor of Native Americans
Penelope Myrtle Kelsey , of Seneca descent, is Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438438023 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438438028 |
| Title | Maurice Kenny |
| Author | Penelope Myrtle Kelsey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 2011-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 182 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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