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050 00 $aPR9387.9.S6$bD4 2003
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100 1 $aSoyinka, Wole.
245 10 $aDeath and the king's horseman :$bauthoritative text : backgrounds and contexts, criticism /$cWole Soyinka ; edited by Simon Gikandi.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bNorton,$cc2003.
300 $axxv, 228 p. :$bill., map ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aA Norton critical edition
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-228).
520 $aBased on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture. "Backgrounds and Sources" helps readers understand Death and the King's Horseman's traditional African contexts and the role of theater in African culture. Included are a map of Yorubaland, discussions of Yoruban religious beliefs and cultural traditions, Soyinka on the various forms that theater has taken in African culture in order to survive, and Anthony Appiah on Soyinka's struggle with the problem of African identity in the creation of Death and the King's Horseman. Commentary on the play as both a theatrical production and a classroom text is provided by Gerald Moore, Tanure Ojaide, and Martin Rohmer. "Criticism" collects nine major essays on the play and the difficulties it presents to readers. Contributors include D.S. Izevbaye, Eldred Durosimi Jones, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Biodun Jeyifo, Wole Soyinka, Joan Hepburn, Adebayo Williams, David Richards, and Olakunle George. A chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. - Cover.
505 00 $gThe text of$tDeath and the king's horseman --$gMap of Yorubaland --$tThe Yoruba world /$rHenry John Drewal, John Pemberton III, and Rowland Abiodun --$tOba waja: the king is dead /$rDuro Ladipo --$tTheatre in African traditional cultures: survival patterns /$rWole Soyinka --$tWole Soyinka and the myth of an African world /$rAnthony Appiah --$tSoyinka's new play /$rGerald Moore --$tDeath and the king's horseman in the classroom /$rTanure Ojaide --$tWole Soyinka's Death and the king's horseman, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester /$rMartin Rohmer --$tMediation in Soyinka: the case of the king's horseman /$rD.S. Izevbaye --$tDeath and the king's horseman /$rEldred Durosimi Jones --$tBeing, the will, and the semantics of death /$rHenry Louis Gates, Jr. --$tIdeology and tragedy /$rBiodun Jeyifo --$tElesin oba and the critics /$rWole Soyinka --$tRitual closure in Death and the king's horseman /$rJoan Hepburn --$tRitual and the political unconscious: the case of Death and the king's horseman /$rAdebayo Williams --$tDeath and the king's horseman and the masks of language /$rDavid Richards --$tTragedy, mimicry, and the African world /$rOlakunle George.
650 0 $aYoruba (African people)$vDrama.
650 0 $aSuicide$xPrevention$vDrama.
650 0 $aBritish$zNigeria$vDrama.
650 0 $aFathers and sons$vDrama.
651 0 $aNigeria$vDrama.
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700 1 $aGikandi, Simon.
830 0 $aNorton critical edition.
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