The forger's tale the search for Odeziaku /
Newell, Stephanie, 1968-
The forger's tale the search for Odeziaku / [electronic resource] : Stephanie Newell. - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps. - New African histories series . - New African histories series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
Forging ahead: the secret gentleman of Ardwick Green -- The palm oil trader's view -- Fragments of Oscar Wilde in colonial Nigeria -- "Uranian" love in West Africa -- The politics of naming : Igbo perspectives on Stuart-Young -- The strange toleration of Stuart-Young in the African-owned press of Nigeria -- A class apart : "Johnny Jones" of Back Kay Street -- The production of a poet : Stuart-Young's verse and its readers.
Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa? In The Forger''s Tale: The Search for Odeziaku Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the hom.
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Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.
Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.
1900-1999
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
Gay authors--Great Britain--Biography.
Gay men--Identity.--Great Britain
Gay men--Identity.--Africa
Forgers--Great Britain--Biography.
Authors, English--20th century.
Gay authors--Great Britain.
Forgers--Great Britain.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English.
British colonies.
Forgers.
Gay authors.
Gay men--Identity.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Africa--20th century.
Africa.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History
Biography.
PR6037.T915 / Z79 2006eb
828/.91209
The forger's tale the search for Odeziaku / [electronic resource] : Stephanie Newell. - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps. - New African histories series . - New African histories series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
Forging ahead: the secret gentleman of Ardwick Green -- The palm oil trader's view -- Fragments of Oscar Wilde in colonial Nigeria -- "Uranian" love in West Africa -- The politics of naming : Igbo perspectives on Stuart-Young -- The strange toleration of Stuart-Young in the African-owned press of Nigeria -- A class apart : "Johnny Jones" of Back Kay Street -- The production of a poet : Stuart-Young's verse and its readers.
Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa? In The Forger''s Tale: The Search for Odeziaku Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the hom.
9780821442302 0821442309
22573/ctt1j69g4p JSTOR
GBA690897 bnb
Uk
Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.
Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.
1900-1999
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
Gay authors--Great Britain--Biography.
Gay men--Identity.--Great Britain
Gay men--Identity.--Africa
Forgers--Great Britain--Biography.
Authors, English--20th century.
Gay authors--Great Britain.
Forgers--Great Britain.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English.
British colonies.
Forgers.
Gay authors.
Gay men--Identity.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Africa--20th century.
Africa.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History
Biography.
PR6037.T915 / Z79 2006eb
828/.91209