Fray Angélico Chávez
Subtitle: poet, priest, and artist
By: edited by Ellen McCracken.
Contributors: McCracken, Ellen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Pasó por aquí
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Chavez, Angelico, 1910- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Christianity and literature -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century.; Christianity and art -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century.; Christian poetry, American -- History and criticism.; New Mexico -- Historiography.; New Mexico -- In literature.
Description: "New Mexico's first native Franciscan priest, Fray Angelico Chavez (1910-1996) is known as a prolific historian, a literary and artistic figure, and an intellectual. The original essays collected here explore his wide-ranging cultural production: fiction, poetry, architectural restoration, journalism, genealogy, translation, and painting and drawing.

Several essays discuss his approach to history, his archival research, and the way in which he re-centers ethnic identity in the prevalent Anglo-American master historical narrative. Others examine how he used fiction to bring history alive and combined visual and verbal elements to enhance his narratives. Two essays explore Chavez's profession as a friar. The collection ends with recollections by Thomas F. Chavez, historian and Fray Angelico's nephew.".

"Readers familiar with Chavez's work as well as those learning about it for the first time will find much that surprises and informs in these essays."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149) and index.
Table of contents: title: A rose for Fray Angélico Chávez / Ellen McCracken; title: Fray Angélico Chávez, the making of a maverick historian / Marc Simmons; title: Fray Angélico Chávez, religiosity and New Mexican oppositional historical narrative / Mario T. García; title: La conquistadora as history and fictitious autobiography / Luis Leal; title: Wonders and truths: the short stories of Fray Angélico Chávez / Thomas J. Steele; title: Iconicity and narrative in the work of Fray Angélico Chávez / Ellen McCracken; title: Painting the word/wording the painting: allegory and intertextuality in The Virgin of Port Lligat by Fray Angélico Chávez / Manuel Martín-Rodríguez; title: Recovering the noble Spanish soul / Clark Colahan; title: Fray Angélico Chávez, the roots of Franciscan priesthood / Jack Clark Robinson; title: The Saint Francis of Fray Angélico Chávez / Murray Bodo; title: Memories of Fray Angélico Chávez / Thomas E. Chávez.