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The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism Paperback - 1989
by Henry Louis Gates
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The black Africans who survived the dreaded "Middle Passage" from the west coast of Africa to the New World did not sail alone.
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- Title The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism
- Author Henry Louis Gates
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date December 14, 1989
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195060751 / 019506075X
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 6.13 x 9.25 x 0.65 in (15.57 x 23.50 x 1.65 cm)
- Reading level 1460
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, African Americans in literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87014005
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.989
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NY: Oxford University Press, 1989. repriny. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 290 pages. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself.Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the Yoruba trickster figure of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey whose myths help articulate the black tradition's theory of its literature, Gates uncovers a unique system forinterpretation and a powerful vernacular tradition that black slaves brought with them to the New World. His critical approach relies heavily on the Signifying Monkey--perhaps the most popular figure in African-American folklore--and signification and Signifyin(g). Exploring signification in black American life and literature by analyzing the…
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