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

by Bill Ashcroft

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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...

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"

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