03378nam 2200721Ia 450 991081087020332120240514010228.01-283-09780-X97866130978040-19-972275-7(CKB)2670000000078309(EBL)679616(OCoLC)712015980(SSID)ssj0000641185(PQKBManifestationID)11398704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641185(PQKBWorkID)10632014(PQKB)10343984(MiAaPQ)EBC679616(Au-PeEL)EBL679616(CaPaEBR)ebr10465679(CaONFJC)MIL309780(EXLCZ)99267000000007830919881007d1988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe signifying monkey a theory of Afro-American literary criticism /Henry Louis Gates, Jr1st ed.New York Oxford University Pressc19881 online resource (319 pages)Includes index.0-19-506075-X Bibliography: p.259-280.PART ONE: A Theory of the Tradition; 1. A Myth of Origins: Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey; 2. The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g): Rhetorical Difference and the Orders of Meaning; 3. Figures of Signification; PART TWO: Reading the Tradition; 4. The Trope of the Talking Book; 5. Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text; 6. On "The Blackness of Blackness": Ishmael Reed and a Critique of the Sign; 7. Color Me Zora: Alice Walker's (Re) Writing of the Speakerly Text.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 for interpretation and a powAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismTheory, etcAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in literatureCriticismUnited StatesOral traditionUnited StatesMythology, African, in literatureAfrican AmericansFolkloreAmerican literatureAfrican influencesAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismTheory, etc.African AmericansIntellectual life.African Americans in literature.CriticismOral traditionMythology, African, in literature.African AmericansAmerican literatureAfrican influences.810/.9/896073Gates Henry Louis243500MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810870203321The signifying monkey4055821UNINA