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UNISA996248228903316 |
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Autore |
Jeyifo Biodun <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Wole Soyinka : politics, poetics, and postcolonialism / / Biodun Jeyifo [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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0-511-09784-0 |
1-107-12645-2 |
1-280-16231-7 |
0-511-11600-4 |
0-511-06538-8 |
0-511-20540-6 |
0-511-30831-0 |
0-511-48659-6 |
0-511-06751-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ; ; 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politics and literature - Nigeria |
Postcolonialism in literature |
Postcolonialism - Nigeria |
Nigeria In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Biodun 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, |
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