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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Autor(a) de The Classic Slave Narratives

114+ Works 9,163 Membros 94 Reviews 6 Favorited

About the Author

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia. He received a degree in history from Yale University in 1973 and a Ph.D. from Clare College, which is part of the University of Cambridge in 1979. He is a leading scholar of African-American literature, history, and mostrar mais culture. He began working on the Black Periodical Literature Project, which uncovered lost literary works published in 1800s. He rediscovered what is believed to be the first novel published by an African-American in the United States. He republished the 1859 work by Harriet E. Wilson, entitled Our Nig, in 1983. He has written numerous books including Colored People: A Memoir, A Chronology of African-American History, The Future of the Race, Black Literature and Literary Theory, and The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. In 1991, he became the head of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. He is now the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at the university. He wrote and produced several documentaries including Wonders of the African World, America Beyond the Color Line, and African American Lives. He has also hosted PBS programs such as Wonders of the African World, Black in Latin America, and Finding Your Roots. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Henry Louis Gates Jr. speaks on a panel about race in America on the Understanding Our World Stage at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

Séries

Obras de Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Classic Slave Narratives (1789) — Editor; Introdução — 1,089 cópias
The Bondwoman's Narrative (2002) — Editor — 891 cópias
Colored People: A Memoir (1994) 509 cópias
Cane [Norton Critical Edition] (1988) — Editor — 484 cópias
Slave Narratives (2000) — Editor — 321 cópias
The Dictionary of Global Culture (1997) — Editor — 253 cópias
The Future of the Race (1996) 223 cópias
The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin (2007) — Editor — 210 cópias
Black in Latin America (2011) 143 cópias
Race, Writing, and Difference (1987) — Editor — 123 cópias
Wonders of the African World (1999) 108 cópias
Three Classic African-American Novels (1990) — Editor; Introdução — 102 cópias
Lincoln on Race and Slavery (2009) — Editor — 82 cópias
In Search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays on the Bondwoman's Narrative (2003) — Editor; Introdução — 57 cópias
African American Lives (2004) — Editor — 53 cópias
Black Literature and Literary Theory (1984) — Editor — 38 cópias
Encyclopedia of Africa (2010) — Editor — 10 cópias
Harlem Renaissance Lives (2009) 9 cópias
African American Lives 2 (2008) 6 cópias
Afrique Book Two: New Plays (1991) — Prefácio — 3 cópias
Transition 98 (Transition) (2008) 1 exemplar(es)
Finding Your Roots: Season 2 (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
Transition 97: Sudan (Transition) (2007) 1 exemplar(es)
The Essential Soyinka: A Reader (1991) 1 exemplar(es)
Stony the Road (2021) 1 exemplar(es)
Black literature, 1827-1940 (1987) 1 exemplar(es)
Afro-American Women Writers (1998) 1 exemplar(es)
Finding your roots. Season 4 (2018) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) — Posfácio, algumas edições19,011 cópias
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) — Prefácio, algumas edições4,273 cópias
Twelve Years a Slave (1853) — Posfácio, algumas edições3,961 cópias
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912) — Introdução, algumas edições1,463 cópias
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography (1942) — Editor, algumas edições1,362 cópias
Mules and Men (1935) — Posfácio, algumas edições1,087 cópias
Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 (1935) — Editor, algumas edições802 cópias
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica (1938) — Editor — 742 cópias
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) — Editor, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições681 cópias
Not Without Laughter (1930) — Prefácio, algumas edições637 cópias
The Complete Stories (1995) — Introdução — 465 cópias
Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939) — Editor, algumas edições440 cópias
Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934) — Posfácio, algumas edições422 cópias
Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) — Prefácio, algumas edições384 cópias
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1900) — Editor, algumas edições382 cópias
The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano (2005) — Introdução, algumas edições337 cópias
Seraph on the Suwanee (1948) — Editor, algumas edições321 cópias
Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker (2000) — Contribuinte — 299 cópias
The Souls of Black Folk [Norton Critical Editions] (1999) — Editor — 274 cópias
Criticism: Major Statements (1964) — Contribuinte — 221 cópias
Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life (1931) — Editor, algumas edições173 cópias
The Best American Essays 1995 (1995) — Contribuinte — 159 cópias
Africa: The Art of a Continent (1995) — Contribuinte — 144 cópias
Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (1968) — Editor, algumas edições135 cópias
Talk That Talk: An Anthology of African-American Storytelling (1989) — Introdução — 126 cópias
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader (2014) — Editor, algumas edições118 cópias
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2002) — Prefácio — 102 cópias
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Contribuinte — 98 cópias
Six Women's Slave Narratives (1988) — Prefácio, algumas edições97 cópias
Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture (1995) — Contribuinte, algumas edições92 cópias
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (1995) — Contribuinte — 91 cópias
Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories (2001) — Contribuinte — 91 cópias
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker (2021) — Contribuinte — 91 cópias
The State of the Language [1990] (1979) — Contribuinte — 88 cópias
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance (1997) — Contribuinte; Contribuinte — 83 cópias
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1849) — Prefácio — 78 cópias
The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in Black Communities (2001) — Prefácio — 74 cópias
The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (1988) — Prefácio — 73 cópias
The Portable Frederick Douglass (Penguin Classics) (2016) — Editor, algumas edições68 cópias
Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness (2012) — Prefácio — 57 cópias
Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940 (1991) — Introdução — 55 cópias
Watchmen [2019 TV miniseries] (2019) — Self — 50 cópias
Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice (1992) — Contribuinte — 50 cópias
Encyclopedia of Black Comics (2017) — Prefácio — 35 cópias
More Great Railway Journeys (1996) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
Great Railway Journeys | More Great Railway Journeys (1997) — Contribuinte — 29 cópias
The Harvard Guide to African-American History (2001) — Prefácio — 29 cópias
Race: An Anthology in the First Person (1997) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
Spiritual Narratives (1988) — Prefácio — 22 cópias
Our Gang: A Racial History of The Little Rascals (2015) — Prefácio — 19 cópias
The Works of Alain Locke (2012) — Prefácio — 16 cópias
The Black Flame Trilogy Book One: The Ordeal of Mansart (1957) — Editor, algumas edições16 cópias
The Black Flame Trilogy Book Three: Worlds of Color (1961) — Editor, algumas edições15 cópias
Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints (2000) — Contribuinte — 14 cópias
The New Negro Aesthetic: Selected Writings (2022) — Editor — 13 cópias
The Black Flame Trilogy Book Two: Mansart Builds a School (1959) — Editor, algumas edições13 cópias
The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois: 19-Volume Set (1957) — Editor — 10 cópias
These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family (2002) — Contribuinte — 8 cópias
Faces of America [2010 TV series] (2010) — Narrador — 2 cópias
Li'L Dan the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story — Prefácio — 1 exemplar(es)

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In the preface to Stony The Road, historian Henry Louis Gates recalls his early interest in Reconstruction during college and how that ultimately led to this book all these years later. Readers and history buffs looking for a detailed and documented — if somewhat dry — look at the period following the Civil War into the early 20th century need look no further than this small but packed book. Gates dissects and explains the history with buckets of primary sources from the famous (W.E.B. DuBois, etc.) to the unknown and leaves no theory unexamined. Not a light read, but definitely worthwhile for those interested in a deep dive into the period.… (mais)
 
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Hccpsk | outras 6 resenhas | Oct 21, 2023 |
I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir. Rare even tempered insight into how people actually lived and coped with racism in small town America in a time of civil rights transition. Excellent writing, excellent story telling. Absolutely recommended.
 
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Cantsaywhy | outras 6 resenhas | Aug 31, 2023 |
This was a book on the DAR Book Club list, and is an expanded version of a lecture the author Henry Louis Gates gave back in 2002 on the subject of poet Phillis Wheatley. Gates covers the trials of Phillis Wheatley -- several, including Founding Fathers and Thomas Jefferson -- had doubts that a young woman brought from Africa aboard a slave ship could not only learn to read and write, but compose poetry as well. Gates also delves into the changing views, both positive and negative, towards Wheatley over the years. Although this is a small volume (90 pages not including bibliography), it is big on substance.… (mais)
½
 
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ValerieAndBooks | Jul 11, 2023 |
Read some of this. Had to return the book to the library.
 
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Elizabeth80 | outras 5 resenhas | Feb 13, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
114
Also by
80
Membros
9,163
Popularidade
#2,616
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
94
ISBNs
303
Idiomas
4
Favorito
6

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