Author: Wole Soyinka
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9780914478492
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Distinguished scholars analyze the plays, poetry, and prose of Wole Smoyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. Essays trace his career and place his work in the general context of African literature.
Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka
Perspectives on Wole Soyinka
Author: Biodun Jeyifo
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Essays that examine the aesthetics and the radical politics of one of Africa's greatest writers
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Essays that examine the aesthetics and the radical politics of one of Africa's greatest writers
Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka
Author: James Gibbs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780435916138
Category : African literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780435916138
Category : African literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Perspectives on Wole Soyinka
Author:
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617032530
Category : Authors, Nigerian
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Essays that examine the aesthetics and the radical politics of one of Africa's greatest writers
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617032530
Category : Authors, Nigerian
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Essays that examine the aesthetics and the radical politics of one of Africa's greatest writers
Conversations with Wole Soyinka
Author: Wole Soyinka
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578063383
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Within these interviews, Soyinka is forthright, clear and eloquent. He addresses many facets of his writing and plumbs pressing issues of culture, society and community.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578063383
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Within these interviews, Soyinka is forthright, clear and eloquent. He addresses many facets of his writing and plumbs pressing issues of culture, society and community.
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Author: Wole Soyinka
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307432904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland. In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified his plays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable spirit of Nigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and family who bolstered and inspired him, and by describing the pioneering theater works that defied censure and tradition. Soyinka not only recounts his exile and the terrible reign of General Sani Abacha, but shares vivid memories and playful anecdotes–including his improbable friendship with a prominent Nigerian businessman and the time he smuggled a frozen wildcat into America so that his students could experience a proper Nigerian barbecue. More than a major figure in the world of literature, Wole Soyinka is a courageous voice for human rights, democracy, and freedom. You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an intimate chronicle of his thrilling public life, a meditation on justice and tyranny, and a mesmerizing testament to a ravaged yet hopeful land.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307432904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland. In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified his plays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable spirit of Nigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and family who bolstered and inspired him, and by describing the pioneering theater works that defied censure and tradition. Soyinka not only recounts his exile and the terrible reign of General Sani Abacha, but shares vivid memories and playful anecdotes–including his improbable friendship with a prominent Nigerian businessman and the time he smuggled a frozen wildcat into America so that his students could experience a proper Nigerian barbecue. More than a major figure in the world of literature, Wole Soyinka is a courageous voice for human rights, democracy, and freedom. You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an intimate chronicle of his thrilling public life, a meditation on justice and tyranny, and a mesmerizing testament to a ravaged yet hopeful land.
Wole Soyinka
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher: Amistad Press
ISBN: 9781567430516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Amistad Press
ISBN: 9781567430516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Writer as Mythmaker
Author: Bernth Lindfors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
South Asian readers and scholars find Wole Soyinka and his work especially fascinating. The manner in which he deals with colonial and postcolonial experience, the metaphysical strain embedded in his commentaries on his Yoruba heritage, and the numerous comparisons he makes with other cultures appeal to a South Asian sensibility. His brilliant style, versatility in handling a variety of genres, and wonderfully ironic sense of humor are also extremely impressive. Moreover, his social activism in particular, his fearless opposition to suppression of any kind renders him a charismatic and inspiring figure. He is the sort of person who attracts, generates and actively takes part in controversy. These multifaceted and multitalented characteristics, often paradoxical, appeal to South Asian minds which also view life in a holistic rather than a bipolar manner. The essays in this volume focus on all the major genres in Soyinka's oeuvre: fiction, poetry, criticism, autobiography, and especially drama. The contributors employ a variety of critical techniques in coming to terms with the writings of the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
South Asian readers and scholars find Wole Soyinka and his work especially fascinating. The manner in which he deals with colonial and postcolonial experience, the metaphysical strain embedded in his commentaries on his Yoruba heritage, and the numerous comparisons he makes with other cultures appeal to a South Asian sensibility. His brilliant style, versatility in handling a variety of genres, and wonderfully ironic sense of humor are also extremely impressive. Moreover, his social activism in particular, his fearless opposition to suppression of any kind renders him a charismatic and inspiring figure. He is the sort of person who attracts, generates and actively takes part in controversy. These multifaceted and multitalented characteristics, often paradoxical, appeal to South Asian minds which also view life in a holistic rather than a bipolar manner. The essays in this volume focus on all the major genres in Soyinka's oeuvre: fiction, poetry, criticism, autobiography, and especially drama. The contributors employ a variety of critical techniques in coming to terms with the writings of the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Wole Soyinka
Author: Anjali Gera Roy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Crucible of the Ages
Author: Wole Soyinka
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789788457077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789788457077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description