The signifying monkey
A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism
About this book
Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as ""eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative"" and in The Washington Post Book World as ""brilliantly original,"" Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey is a groundbreaking work that illuminates the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature. It elaborates 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, Gates uncovers a unique system for in.
Subjects
- african american authors
- african americans
- african americans, folklore
- african americans in literature
- african americans, intellectual life
- african influences
- afro-american authors
- afro americanos
- afro-americans
- afro-americans in literature
- american literature
- american literature, african american authors, history and criticism
- auteurs noirs américains
- criticism
- criticism, united states
- critique
- folklore
- histoire et critique
- history and criticism
- influence africaine
- intellectual life
- intellectual life.
- littérature américaine
- mythologie africaine dans la littérature
- mythology
- mythology, african
- mythology, african, in literature
- mythology in literature
- noirs américains
- noirs américains dans la littérature
- oral tradition
- théorie
- theory
- tradition orale
- vida intelectual
- vie intellectuelle