Author: Henry Louis Gates
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: theory, literary, literature, black
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1984-09-26
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0415903343
ISBN-13: 9780415903349

is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature."--W. Mitchell, University of Chicago

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: memoir, people, colored
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1995-04-11
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 067973919X
ISBN-13: 9780679739197

Author: Henry Louis, JR. Gates
Publisher: Methuen
Keywords: theory, literary, literature, black
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1985-11
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0416372406
ISBN-13: 9780416372403

is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature."--W. Mitchell, University of Chicago

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher: Crown
Keywords: finding, own, oprah, roots
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-01-23
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0307382389
ISBN-13: 9780307382382

Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies of public documents and online databases, the book also highlights genetic testing resources that can make it possible to know one’s distant tribal roots in Africa.For Oprah, the path back to the past was emotion-filled and profoundly illuminating, connecting the narrative of her family to the larger American narrative and “anchoring” her in a

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: literary, criticism, american, african, monkey, theory, signifying
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1989-12-14
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 019506075X
ISBN-13: 9780195060751

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 of interpreta

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: wars, culture, notes, canons, loose
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1993-05-20
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0195083504
ISBN-13: 9780195083507

Multiculturalism. It has been the subject of cover stories in Time and Newsweek, as well as numerous articles in newspapers and magazines around America. It has sparked heated jeremiads by George Will, Dinesh D’Sousa, and Roger Kimball. It moved William F. Buckley to rail against Stanley Fish and Catherine Stimpson on "Firing Line." It is arguably the most hotly debated topic in America today--and justly so. For whether one speaks of tensions between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights, or violent mass protests against Moscow in ethnic republics such as Armenia, or outright wa

Authors:Peter J. Gomes, Henry L. Gates,
Publisher: HarperOne
Keywords: living, daily, wisdom, biblical, sermons
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0060088311
ISBN-13: 9780060088316

The man Time magazine hailed as one of America’s finest preachers presents a collection of forty timeless addresses to guide us through the year. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from scripture as well as from T.S. Eliot and Woody Allen, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can bring to everyday life.