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- catalog abstract "Based 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.".
- catalog contributor b12825168.
- catalog contributor b12825169.
- catalog coverage "Nigeria Drama.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Based 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228).".
- catalog description "The text of Death and the king's horseman -- Map of Yorubaland -- The Yoruba world / Henry John Drewal, John Pemberton III, and Rowland Abiodun -- Oba waja: the king is dead / Duro Ladipo -- Theatre in African traditional cultures: survival patterns / Wole Soyinka -- Wole Soyinka and the myth of an African world / Anthony Appiah -- Soyinka's new play / Gerald Moore -- Death and the king's horseman in the classroom / Tanure Ojaide -- Wole Soyinka's Death and the king's horseman, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester / Martin Rohmer -- Mediation in Soyinka: the case of the king's horseman / D.S. Izevbaye -- Death and the king's horseman / Eldred Durosimi Jones -- Being, the will, and the semantics of death / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Ideology and tragedy / Biodun Jeyifo -- Elesin oba and the critics / Wole Soyinka -- Ritual closure in Death and the king's horseman / Joan Hepburn -- Ritual and the political unconscious: the case of Death and the king's horseman / Adebayo Williams -- Death and the king's horseman and the masks of language / David Richards -- Tragedy, mimicry, and the African world / Olakunle George.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 228 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393977617 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "A Norton critical edition".
- catalog isPartOf "Norton critical edition.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Norton,".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria Drama.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria".
- catalog subject "822/.914 21".
- catalog subject "British Nigeria Drama.".
- catalog subject "Fathers and sons Drama.".
- catalog subject "PR9387.9.S6 D4 2003".
- catalog subject "Soyinka, Wole. Death and the king's horseman.".
- catalog subject "Suicide Prevention Drama.".
- catalog subject "Yoruba (African people) Drama.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The text of Death and the king's horseman -- Map of Yorubaland -- The Yoruba world / Henry John Drewal, John Pemberton III, and Rowland Abiodun -- Oba waja: the king is dead / Duro Ladipo -- Theatre in African traditional cultures: survival patterns / Wole Soyinka -- Wole Soyinka and the myth of an African world / Anthony Appiah -- Soyinka's new play / Gerald Moore -- Death and the king's horseman in the classroom / Tanure Ojaide -- Wole Soyinka's Death and the king's horseman, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester / Martin Rohmer -- Mediation in Soyinka: the case of the king's horseman / D.S. Izevbaye -- Death and the king's horseman / Eldred Durosimi Jones -- Being, the will, and the semantics of death / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Ideology and tragedy / Biodun Jeyifo -- Elesin oba and the critics / Wole Soyinka -- Ritual closure in Death and the king's horseman / Joan Hepburn -- Ritual and the political unconscious: the case of Death and the king's horseman / Adebayo Williams -- Death and the king's horseman and the masks of language / David Richards -- Tragedy, mimicry, and the African world / Olakunle George.".
- catalog title "Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Wole Soyinka ; edited by Simon Gikandi.".
- catalog type "Historical drama. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".