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- ISBN
- 9780195060744
- Book Title
- Figures in Black : Words, Signs, and the &Quot;Racial&Quot; Self
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 1989
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- American / African American, Subjects & Themes / General
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195060741
ISBN-13
9780195060744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89461
Product Key Features
Book Title
Figures in Black : Words, Signs, and the &Quot;Racial&Quot; Self
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
1989
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
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86-021782
Reviews
"The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E. Johnson,Harvard University "Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic of Afro-American literature and his new book,Figures in Black, will certainly confirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionally difficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature through contemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These new essays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight....Figures in Blackis one of the year's most outstanding critical studies."--Year's Work in English STudies "A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney,Louisiana State University "Figures in Blackis an important work in the evolution of the [African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomena for the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is at his best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifies the underlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he is also astute in his application of the critical principles which he unearths."--MELUS(Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) "An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American] literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literary historian."--Choice "Entertaining and dramatic."--The Village Voice Literary Supplement "Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also much else of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literary history....Of the seminal importance ofFigures in Blackthere can be no doubt."--American Literature "The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-American literature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the often unremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments of the past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribution to elaborations of such insights."--English Language Notes, "An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American] literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literary historian."--Choice, "The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E. Johnson, Harvard University "Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic of Afro-American literature and his new book, Figures in Black , will certainly confirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionally difficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature through contemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These new essays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight.... Figures in Black is one of the year's most outstanding critical studies."-- Year's Work in English STudies "A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney, Louisiana State University " Figures in Black is an important work in the evolution of the [African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomena for the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is at his best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifies the underlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he is also astute in his application of the critical principles which he unearths."-- MELUS (Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) "An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American] literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literary historian."-- Choice "Entertaining and dramatic."-- The Village Voice Literary Supplement "Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also much else of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literary history....Of the seminal importance of Figures in Black there can be no doubt."-- American Literature "The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-American literature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the often unremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments of the past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribution to elaborations of such insights."-- English Language Notes, "Figures in Black is an important work in the evolution of the [African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomena for the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is at his best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifiesthe underlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he is also astute in his application of the critical principles which he unearths."--MELUS (Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), "Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also much else of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literary history....Of the seminal importance of Figures in Black there can be no doubt."--American Literature, "Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic ofAfro-American literature and his new book, Figures in Black, will certainlyconfirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionallydifficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature throughcontemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These newessays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight....Figures in Blackis one of the year's most oustanding critical studies."--Year's Work in EnglishSTudies, "Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic of Afro-American literature and his new book, Figures in Black, will certainly confirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionally difficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature throughcontemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These new essays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight....Figures in Black is one of the year's most outstanding critical studies."--Year's Work in English STudies, "A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to leadand to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and invitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney, Louisiana StateUniversity, "The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gateswill instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those whoare already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, afterreading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E. Johnson, HarvardUniversity, "The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-American literature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the often unremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments of the past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribution to elaborationsof such insights."--English Language Notes, "An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American]literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literaryhistorian."--Choice, "The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E. Johnson, Harvard University "Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic of Afro-American literature and his new book, Figures in Black, will certainly confirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionally difficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature through contemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These new essays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight....Figures in Black is one of the year's most outstanding critical studies."--Year's Work in English STudies "A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney, Louisiana State University "Figures in Black is an important work in the evolution of the [African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomena for the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is at his best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifies the underlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he is also astute in his application of the critical principles which he unearths."--MELUS (Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) "An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American] literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literary historian."--Choice "Entertaining and dramatic."--The Village Voice Literary Supplement "Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also much else of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literary history....Of the seminal importance of Figures in Black there can be no doubt."--American Literature "The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-American literature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the often unremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments of the past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribution to elaborations of such insights."--English Language Notes, "Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also muchelse of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literaryhistory....Of the seminal importance of Figures in Black there can be nodoubt."--American Literature, "The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-Americanliterature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the oftenunremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments ofthe past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribuition to elaborations ofsuch insights."--English Language Notes, "The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E.Johnson, Harvard University, "A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney, Louisiana State University, "The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable....Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in [African-American] literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be."--Barbara E. Johnson, Harvard University"Henry Louis Gates Jr. is establishing himself as the leading critic of Afro-American literature and his new book, Figures in Black, will certainly confirm his standing. Gates's brilliance lies in fulfilling an exceptionally difficult task: that of interpreting this body of literature through contemporary critical theory without losing sight of its tradition. These new essays thus combine historical breadth with critical insight....Figures in Black is one of the year's most outstanding critical studies."--Year's Work in English STudies"A critical enterprise of the first importance....Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression."--James Olney, Louisiana State University"Figures in Black is an important work in the evolution of the [African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomena for the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is at his best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifies the underlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he is also astute in his application of the critical principles which he unearths."--MELUS (Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States)"An extremely important...contribution to the study of [African-American] literature...there can be no doubt of Gates' crucial contributions as a literary historian."--Choice"Entertaining and dramatic."--The Village Voice Literary Supplement"Not only a series of provocative and original readings...but also much else of interest to students of black-white intellectual and literary history....Of the seminal importance of Figures in Black there can be no doubt."--American Literature"The recognition of the critical sophistication of African-American literature and cultural expressions as well as recognition of the often unremarked blackness of antinomian critical thought are signal developments of the past decade, and [this book is a] signal contribution to elaborations of such insights."--English Language Notes, "Figures in Black is an important work in the evolution of the[African-American] literary tradition, and provides some important prolegomenafor the future of the criticism of [African-American] literature. Gates is athis best as a critic of criticism, when he reflects upon and clarifies theunderlying ideological assumptions of the critical activity itself, and he isalso astute in his application of the critical principles which heunearths."--MELUS (Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-EthnicLiterature of the United States)
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
810.9896073
Synopsis
In this volume, Gates focuses critical attention on the most repressed element of African-American criticism - the language of the text. Incorporating the theoretical insights of critics such as Bakhtin, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, and Bloom, he explores the work of a wide range of African-American writers from Phillis Wheatley to Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker., For over two centuries, critics and the black community have tended to approach African-American literature as simply one more front in the important war against racism, valuing slave narratives and twentieth-century works alike, primarily for their political impact. In this volume, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism--the language of the text--Gates advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory. Throughout his study, Gates incorporates the theoretical insights of critics such as Bakhtin, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, and Bloom, as he examines the modes of representation that define black art and analyzes the unspoken assumptions made in judging this literature since its inception. Ranging from the eighteenth-century poet, Phillis Wheatley, to modern writers, Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker, Gates seeks to redefine literary criticism itself, moving away from a Eurocentric notion of a hierarchical canon--mostly white, Western, and male--to foster a truly comparative and pluralistic notion of literature., In this insightful volume, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a leading scholar in African-American studies, attacks the notion of African-American literature as a kind of social realism. Insisting, instead, that critics focus on the most repressed element of African-American criticism--the language of the text--Gates advocates the use of a close, methodical analysis of language, made possible by modern literary theory. Incorporating the theoretical insights of critics such as Bakhtin, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, and Bloom, he explores the work of a wide range of African-American writers from Phillis Wheatley to Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker.
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