The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism /
Gates, Henry Louis.
The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Rev. ed. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Henry Louis Gates' 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.
Specialized.
9780195136470 (pbk.) : £11.99 0195136470 (pbk.) : £11.99
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Criticism--United States.
Oral tradition--United States.
Mythology, African, in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
American literature--African influences.
Literature.
810.9'896073
The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Rev. ed. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Henry Louis Gates' 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.
Specialized.
9780195136470 (pbk.) : £11.99 0195136470 (pbk.) : £11.99
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Criticism--United States.
Oral tradition--United States.
Mythology, African, in literature.
African Americans--Folklore.
American literature--African influences.
Literature.
810.9'896073