Wole Soyinka
Subtitle: politics, poetics, and  postcolonialism
By: Biodun Jeyifo.
Series: Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Soyinka, Wole -- Criticism and interpretation.; Soyinka, Wole -- Political and social views.; Politics and literature -- Nigeria.; Postcolonialism in literature.; Postcolonialism -- Nigeria.; Nigeria -- In literature.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index.