9780393888720-039388872X-Death and the King's Horseman: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

Death and the King's Horseman: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

ISBN-13: 9780393888720
ISBN-10: 039388872X
Edition: Second
Author: Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780393888720
ISBN-10: 039388872X
Edition: Second
Author: Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Death and the King's Horseman: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) (ISBN-13: 9780393888720 and ISBN-10: 039388872X), written by authors Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2023. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Death and the King's Horseman: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.05.

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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The only student edition of Soyinka's play.
  • An expansive introduction, headnotes, and explanatory footnotes by Simon Gikandi.
  • Nine interior images.
  • Background materials related to traditional Nigerian myth and culture, including two selections new to the Second Edition.
  • A new section, "The Play on Stage," that considers Soyinka as director as well as the interpretative challenges of producing and performing Death and the King's Horseman.
  • Seven critical essays--five of them new to the Second Edition--by Henry Louis Gates Jr., David Richards, Wole Ogundele, Eileen Julien, Cheryl Sterling, Eugene McNulty, and Ato Quayson.
  • A chronology of Soyinka's life and work and a selected bibliography.

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