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03587aam a2200469 i 4500 001 4320105E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 201113s2019 nr b 001 e eng 010 $a 2020401864 020 $a 978560229X 020 $a 9789785602296 035 $a (OCoLC)1135463073 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OUN $d OCLCF $d EEM $d HLS $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-nr--- 050 00 $a PR9387.9.S6 $b W654 2019 245 04 $a The Soyinka impulse : $b essays on Wole Soyinka / $c edited by Duro Oni and Bisi Adigun. 264 1 $a Ibadan, Nigeria : $b Bookcraft, $c [2019] 300 $a xxi, 278 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Literary duelist and inimitable dramatist, Soyinka, bursts into the historical scenes of Africa, taking on issues and societal flaws that most writers simply leave out. His unconditioned reflex, gut reactions and flashes of inspiration, through shotgun sketches of his eloquent and sharp pen, come from his impulse and are examples of the Soyinka Impulse."--back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'Sago n'bugo': Wole Soyinka and the Nigerian/African left [clarifications and reflections on that 'Jacobin' moment] / Biodun Jeyifo -- From Broke-Time Bar via the radio-station hold-up to Oyedipo at Kholoni and Thus Spake Orunmila: An attempt to establish a more comprehensive awareness of Soyinka's dramatic work / James Gibbs -- Wole Soyinka and the public space / Niyi Osundare -- Singing the Lord's song in a strange land: Exploring the dialectic relationship among three of George Devine's 'Angry Young Men' / Zodwa Motsa -- Myth, literature and the Indian world / Anjali Gera Roy -- Performing British power: Colonial politics and performance space in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman / Summer Pervez -- The six blindfolded and the elephant: Western theatre critics versus productions of Soyink's plays in England and the USA / Esiaba Irobi -- Experiencing Soyinka: Artistic relections on 1960 and 2002 / Femi Euba -- Reconstructing the performance paradigm in (un)conventional theatrical settings: The example of Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests / Duro Oni -- A dance of the forests: The progenitor of Soyinka's Yoruba tragedy / Bisi Adigun -- Divine ways of cognition: The burden of the poet-seer in Soyinka's Idanre / Mpalive-Hangson Msiska -- Index -- Notes on contributors 600 10 $a Soyinka, Wole $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Soyinka, Wole $x Political and social views. 600 17 $a Soyinka, Wole. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00052653 650 0 $a Authors, Nigerian $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Dramatists, Nigerian $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Nigeria. 650 0 $a Nigerian literature $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Nigerian drama $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 7 $a Politics and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069960 650 7 $a Nigerian drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01037587 650 7 $a Nigerian literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01037598 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 651 7 $a Nigeria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205229 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 700 1 $a Oni, Duro, $e editor. $e editor. 700 1 $a Adigun, Bisi, $e editor. $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4320105E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search