Tempests after Shakespeare

339 Pages·2002·3.204 MB·English

by  Chantal Zabus (auth.)

Tempests after Shakespeare (cid:2)

Tempests after Shakespeare (cid:2)
Chantal Zabus
TEMPESTSAFTERSHAKESPEARE
© Chantal Zabus, 2002
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Zabus, Chantal J.
Tempests after Shakespeare / by Chantal Zabus.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Shakespeare, William, 1546–1616—Adaptations—History and
criticism. 2. Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., in
literature. 3. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Influence. 3.
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616. Tempest. 5. Literature, Modern—
History and criticism. 6. Caliban (Fictitious character) 7. Castaways in
literature. 8. Islands in literature. I. Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction On Rewriting 1
PARTI
CALIBANICPOSTCOLONIALITY 9
Chapter 1 The Deprivileging of Prospero 11
Chapter 2 The Rise of Caliban 43
Chapter 3 Caliban on the Edge 81
PARTII
MIRANDAANDSYCORAXON
THE“EVE” OFPOSTPATRIARCHY 103
Chapter 4 The Canadian Miranda and the Law of the Father 105
Chapter 5 Caribbean Increments to Miranda’s Story 127
Chapter 6 Including America:
The Indian Maiden and the Bedizened Crone 155
PARTIII
THERETURNOFPOSTMODERNPROSPERO 177
Chapter 7 The Pleasures of Intergalactic Exile 181
Chapter 8 The Other Niece of Utopia: Fantasy 205
Chapter 9 Sinister Variants on Enclosure 221
Chapter 10 Flaunting The Tempest:
From “Insubstantial Pageant” to Celluloid Fresco 243
Conclusion The Selfish Meme 265
Notes 269
Index 327

Acknowledgments
I wish to give special thanks to Tom Cassirer, Bruce King, and Marina
Warner for their immeasurable support at every stage of the project.
I also want to thank the following people who helped me in various ways to
carry out this research:
AUSTRALIA: Adrian Kiernander, †Anna Rutherford, John Tinkler;
BELGIUM: Filip de Boek, Jeanne Delbaere, Eric Dumont, Michèle Fabien,
Geneviève Fabry, †Albert Gérard, Philippe Hackens, Véronique Hénin,
Laure Hilbert, Hena Maes-Jelinek, Ernst Leonardy, Nadia Lie, Christine
Pagnoulle, Arnaud Roisin; and my students (1991–1999) at the University
of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve;
CANADA:Margery Fee, Tony Harding, Ron Marken, †Bob T. Robertson
FRANCE: Jacques Derrida, Jean-Pierre Durix, Peter Szendy; and my stu-
dents at the University of Paris XIII;
GERMANY: Geoffrey Davis, Gordon Collier, Gehrard Stilz;
GREECE: Roula Ikonomakis;
ITALY: Itala Vivan, Jane Wilkinson;
LESOTHO: Chris Dunton;
MAURITIUS: Shawkat Toorawa;
MOROCCO: Mohamed Laamiri;
THENETHERLANDS: Theo D’Haen, Aafke Komter;
NIGERIA: Femi Shaka;
REUNION: Eileen Wanquet;
SWEDEN: Gunilla Florby;
UNITEDKINGDOM: Janet Bailey, Susan Bassnett, Catherine Belsey, Stew-
art Brown, Kate Chedgzoy, David Cummings, David Dabydeen, Marjorie
Davis, Diane Elam, James Gibbs, John Gilmore, Val Grassham, Peter
Hulme, R.D.S. Jack, Peter Jenkins, Piotr Kuhiczwak, Neil Lazarus, Laurent
Milesi, Suniti Namjoshi, Gary Peters, Maureen Tusteen, Michael Walling;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: John Bonham, Cristina Canales, Lillian
Corti, Joan Dayan, Janet Hoskins, Peggy Kamuf, Adele King, Bob King,