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- Title
A Tinker's Damn: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and "The Signifying Monkey" Twenty Years Later.
- Authors
Joyce, Joyce Ann
- Abstract
The author reflects on the responses made to her essay "The Black Canon" and on the significance of Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s "The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism." She explores the impact of Gate and Henry Baker Jr.'s responses on her development as a black woman scholar and inspires her to critique her work. She also cites their remarks and provides an overview on the literary debate between Melvin B. Tolson and Robert Hayden.
- Subjects
SIGNIFYING Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism, The (Book); GATES, Henry Louis, 1950-; BAKER, Henry; CRITICISM; AFRICAN American women authors; ESSAYS
- Publication
Callaloo, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 2, p370
- ISSN
0161-2492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cal.0.0098