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

By (author): "Bill Ashcroft"
Publish Date: January 1st 2008
Caliban's Voice: The Transformation of English in Post-Colonial Literatures
ISBN0415470447
ISBN139780415470445
AsinCaliban's Voice: The Transformation of English in Post-Colonial Literatures
Original titleCaliban's Voice: The Transformation of English in Post-colonial Literatures
Caliban says to Miranda and Prospero:..".you taught me language, and my profit on'tIs, 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