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BL
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995996
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b750366
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Jeyifo, Biodun,1946-
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Wole Soyinka : : politics, poetics, and postcolonialism /\ Biodun Jeyifo.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 322 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511065388
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: 0511067518
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: 1280162317
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: 9780511065385
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: 9780511116001
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: 9780511486593
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: 9780521110730
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: 9781280162312
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0521394864
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0521676525
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9780521394864
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9780521676526
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index.
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| Contents
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'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.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Soyinka, Wole-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Soyinka, Wole-- Political and social views.
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Soyinka, Wole-- Critique et interprétation.
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Soyinka, Wole-- Pensée politique et sociale.
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Soyinka, Wole.
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Soyinka, Wole.
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Politics and literature-- Nigeria.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism-- Nigeria.
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Nigeria dans la littérature.
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Politique et littérature-- Nigeria.
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Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
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Postcolonialisme-- 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 in literature.
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Postcolonialism.
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Nigeria, In literature.
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Nigeria.
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| Dewey Classification
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822/.914
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| LC Classification
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PR9387.9.S6Z675 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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18.07bcl
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