Death and the King's Horseman
This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful 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...
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A Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic tale of tragic decisions in a traditional African culture.Chicago TribuneSoyinka both entertains and asks subtle questions about mass psychology, individual psychology, and universal human struggles of the will.
IntroductionAcknowledgmentsThe Text of Death and the King's Horseman1Map of Yorubaland66The Yoruba World67Oba Waja (The King Is Dead)74Theatre in African Traditional Cultures: Survival Patterns89Wole Soyinka and the Myth of an African World103Soyinka's New Play113Death and the King's Horseman in the Classroom115Wole Soyinka's 'Death and the King's Horseman,' Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester121Mediation in Soyinka: The Case of the King's Horseman141Death and the King's Horseman151Being, the Will, and the Semantics of Death155Ideology and Tragedy164Elesin Oba and the Critics172Ritual Closure in Death and the King's Horseman177Ritual and the Political Unconscious: The Case of Death and the King's Horseman187Death and the King's Horseman and the Masks of Language196Tragedy, Mimicry, and "The African World"207Wole Soyinka: A Chronology223Selected Bibliography227
\ Chicago TribuneSoyinka both entertains and asks subtle questions about mass psychology, individual psychology, and universal human struggles of the will.\ \
