| Wole Soyinka: Politics, Poetics, and Postcolonialism Contributor(s): Jeyifo, Biodun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521110734 ISBN-13: 9780521110730 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Biodun Jeyifo examines the relationship between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo analyzes Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by his appropriation of literature and theater for radical political objectives. The evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the collective experience of violence in post-independence, post-colonial Africa. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jeyifo, Biodun: - Biodun Jeyifo is Professor of English at Cornell University. He is the author of The Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria (1984) and The Truthful Lie: Essays in a Radical Sociology of African Drama (1985). He has written essays and monographs on Anglophone African and Caribbean literatures, Marxist cultural theory and colonial and postcolonial studies and has also edited several volumes on African drama and critical discourse. |