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The study provides close analyses of Soyinka’s most ambitious works, linking literary and theatrical controversies to the writer’s avant-garde affinities and doubts. It also explores how Yoruba cultural representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance shape his artistic sensibilities. The argument situates these assessments within Soyinka’s sustained engagement with violence in post-independence postcolonial Africa and beyond.","This page intentionally left blank  \nWOLE SOYINKA  \nPolitics, Poetics and Postcolonialism  \nBiodun 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. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. Jeyifo also explores Soyinka’s works with regard to the impact on his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses and 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 and the developing world. No existing study of Soyinka’s works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics.  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆 􀀇􀀈􀀉􀀂􀀊􀀃 is Professor of English at Cornell University. He is the author of The Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria (􀀋􀀌􀀍􀀎) and The Truthful Lie: Essays in a Radical Sociology of African Drama (􀀋􀀌􀀍􀀏) . He has written essays and monographs on Anglophone African and Caribbean literatures, Marxist cultural theory and colonial and postcolonial studies and has also edited several volumes on African drama and critical discourse.  \n􀀐􀀑􀀒􀀁􀀓􀀂􀀄􀀔􀀈 􀀕 􀀖􀀅􀀄􀀂􀀈􀀕 􀀂􀀆 􀀑􀀊􀀓􀀂􀀐􀀑􀀆 􀀑􀀆􀀄 􀀐􀀑􀀓􀀂􀀁􀀁􀀈􀀑􀀆􀀗􀀂􀀖􀀈􀀓􀀑􀀖 􀀅􀀓􀀈  \nSeries editor: Professor Abiola Irele, Ohio State University  \nEach volume in this unique series of critical studies will offer a comprehensive and in-depth account of the whole œuvre of one individual writer from Africa or the Caribbean, in such a way that the book may be considered a complete coverage of the writer’s expression up to the time the study is undertaken. Attention will be devoted primarily to the works themselves–their significant themes, governing ideas and formal procedures, biographical and other background information will thus be employed secondarily, to illuminate these aspects of the writer’s work where necessary.  \nThe emergence in the twentieth century of black literature in the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa as a distinct corpus of imaginative work represents one of the most notable developments in world literature in modern times. This series has been established to meet the needs of this growing area of study. It is hoped that it will not only contribute to a wider understanding of the humanistic significance of modern literature from Africa and the Caribbean through the scholarly presentation of the work of the major writers, but also offera wider framework for the ongoing debates about the problems of interpretation within the disciplines concerned.  \nAlready published  \nChinua Achebe, by C. L. Innes  \nNadine Gordimer, by Dominic Head  \nEdouard Glissant, by J. Michael Dash  \nV. S. Naipaul, by Fawzia Mustafa  \nAim´e Ce´saire, by Gregson Davis  \nJ. M. Coetzee, by Dominic Head  \nJean Rhys, by Elaine Savory  \nWOLE SOYINKA Politics, Poetics and Postcolonialism  \nBIODUN JEYIFO  \nCornell University  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉 􀀋􀀌􀀆􀀍􀀉􀀅􀀎􀀆􀀏􀀐 􀀑􀀅􀀉􀀎􀀎  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge 􀀁􀀄􀀒 􀀒􀀅􀀋, United Kingdom Published in the United States by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title:](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521394864)[ www.cambridge.org/9780521394864](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521394864)[ ](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521394864)© Cambridge University Press 2004  \nThis book is in copyright. 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