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Author_Drew Lopenzina
Biography
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History
Indigenous Studies
King Philip
Mashpee Revolt
Methodism
Native American
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Pequot
War of 1812
William Apes
William Apess
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- ISBN 9781625342591
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 154 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jan 2017
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The life of William Apess (1789--1839), a Pequot Indian, Methodist preacher, and widely celebrated writer, provides a lens through which to comprehend the complex dynamics of indigenous survival and resistance in the era of America's early nationhood. Apess's life intersects with multiple aspects of indigenous identity and existence in this period, including indentured servitude, slavery, service in the armed forces, syncretic engagements with Christian spirituality, and Native struggles for political and cultural autonomy. Even more, Apess offers a powerful and provocative voice for the persistence of Native presence in a time and place that was long supposed to have settled its ""Indian question"" in favor of extinction.
Through meticulous archival research, close readings of Apess's key works, and informed and imaginative speculation about his largely enigmatic life, Drew Lopenzina provides a vivid portrait of this singular Native American figure. This new biography will sit alongside Apess's own writing as vital reading for those interested in early America and indigeneity.
Drew Lopenzina is assistant professor of English at Old Dominion University and author of Red Ink: Native Americans Picking Up the Pen in the Colonial Period.
