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The signifying monkey is a character of African-American folklore that derives from the trickster figure of Yoruba mythology, Esu Elegbara. This character was transported with Africans to the Americas under the names of Exu, Echu-Elegua, Papa Legba, and Papa Le Bas.
Genre. Non-fiction. Publisher. Oxford University Press. Publication date. 1988. Pages. 320. The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism is a work of literary criticism and theory by the American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. first published in 1988.
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The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism is a groundbreaking work of literary theory by revered African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Often regarded as a foundational text of black literary theory, the book’s stated intention is “if not exactly to invent a black theory…to locate and identify how the ...
Sep 6, 2023 · Dive deep into Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
In his breakthrough 1988 work, The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism, Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the foremost African American literary theorists in the...
Jun 24, 2014 · 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...
Mar 3, 2020 · 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.
