| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 322 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature |
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Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature.
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| Contents |
'Representative' and unrepresentable modalities of the self: the gnostic, worldly and radical humanism of Wole Soyinka -- Tragic mythopoesis as postcolonial discourse -- critical and theoretical writings -- The "drama of existence": sources and scope -- Ritual, anti-ritual and the festival complex in Soyinka's dramatic parables -- The ambiguous freight of visionary mythopoesis: fictional and nonfictional prose works -- Poetry, versification and the fractured burdens of commitment -- "Things fall together": Wole Soyinka in his own write |
| Summary |
"Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political purposes. The evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Soyinka, Wole -- Criticism and interpretation
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Soyinka, Wole -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Soyinka, Wole fast |
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Soyinka, Wole. swd |
| Subject |
Politics and literature -- Nigeria
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism -- Nigeria
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature
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Political and social views
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Politics and literature
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Postcolonialism
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Postcolonialism in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Nigeria -- In literature
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| Subject |
Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511065388 |
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9780511065385 |
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0511116004 |
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9780511116001 |
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9780511486593 |
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0511486596 |
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9780511067518 |
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0511067518 |
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1280162317 |
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9781280162312 |
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9780521110730 |
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0521110734 |
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