Caliban's Voice: The Transformation of English in Post-Colonial Literatures

by Bill Ashcroft

Book Overview

In Shakespeare's Tempest, Caliban says to Miranda and Prospero:

"...you taught me language, and my profit on't

Is, I know how to curse. "

With this statement, he gives voice to an issue that lies at the centre of post-colonial studies. Can Caliban own Prospero's language? Can he use it to do more than curse?

Caliban's Voice examines the ways in which post-colonial literatures have transformed English to redefine what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415470447
• ISBN13: 9780415470445
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"