The Signifying Monkey

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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.