Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: We must begin...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: We must begin...

We must begin to understand the nature of intertextuality . . . the manner by which texts poems and novels respond...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Insofar as we,...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Insofar as we,...

Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to...

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