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

by Ashcroft; Bill

• ISBN13: 9780415470445
• ISBN10: 0415470447
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-01-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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."

Author Biography

Bill Ashcroft is a founding exponent of post-colonial theory, co-author of The Empire Writes Back, the first text to examine systematically the field of post-colonial studies. He is author and co-author of twelve books including Post-Colonial Transformation and On Post-Colonial Futures. He is Chair of the School of English at the University of Hong Kong, on leave from the University of New South Wales.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
"Prospero Caliban Cricket" by John Agard	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Prospero's language, Caliban's voice	p. 16
Language, learning and colonial power	p. 35
Language and race	p. 55
Language, place and nature	p. 75
Language and identity	p. 95
Language, culture and meaning: The Caribbean	p. 113
Caliban's books: Orality and writing	p. 125
How books talk	p. 143
Translation and Transformation	p. 159
Epilogue	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 184
Index	p. 195
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