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Shakespeare in Swahililand

Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

Edward Wilson-Lee

Shakespeare in Swahililand
Shakespeare in Swahililand

Shakespeare in Swahililand

Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

Edward Wilson-Lee

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Investigating the literary culture of the early interaction between European countries and East Africa, Edward Wilson-Lee uncovers an extraordinary sequence of stories in which explorers, railway labourers, decadent émigrés, freedom fighters, and pioneering African leaders made Shakespeare their own in this alien land.



‘Part travel book, part history of Swahili-speaking African nations, part exploration of Shakespeare’s power to touch the human spirit, this is a remarkable account of how his work is woven into the fabric of African life’ Daily Mail

‘Amid the dozens of books flooding this anniversary season this … is one of the more interesting … Wilson-Lee’s account of his East African Shakespeare-hunt is vivid and full of insights’ Independent

‘It has successfully told a lesser-known story of Africa, and it is a story worth knowing’ Economist

‘Part memoir, part weird and wonderful history of Shakespeare in East Africa’ Telegraph

‘A perceptive and entertaining guide to the Bard’s reception in Swahililand’ Literary Review

‘I thought nothing could surprise me about the impact of England’s greatest cultural figure, but this fascinating, readable book about his influence in East Africa certainly did’ The Lady

‘Wilson-Lee goes in search of Shakespeare in Africa and finds him entwined in every twist and turn of the drama of colonization and decolonization of the continent from the 17th century to the present. The result is a masterly literary detective adventure’ Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o



Having grown up in Kenya and Switzerland, with periods living in Mexico, Zimbabwe, and the United States, Edward Wilson-Lee now lives in Cambridge, where he teaches Renaissance literature and is a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. His research focuses on books, libraries, and travel, which during this project has involved journeys to and through Spain, Italy, India, and the Caribbean. He is the author of Shakespeare in Swahililand and The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, which won the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    William Collins
  • Pub date
    Mar 2017
  • Pages
    320
  • Theme
    Classic and pre-20th century plays
  • Dimensions
    198 x 129 x 23 mm
  • Weight
    280 gram
  • EAN
    9780008146214
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Language
    English

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