{"product_id":"9780228016649-indict-the-author-of-affection","title":"Indict the Author of Affection","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAffectation and Catachresis in Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradley Buchanan explores, in light of classical rhetorical theory and early modern intellectual culture, the many manifestations of affectation in Shakespeare’s \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e. He shows that the previously unexamined aspect of Shakespeare’s depictions of affectation lies in the catachrestic abuse of the word “affection” to signify affectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany scholars have touched tangentially on the topic of affectation in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, but none have yet offered an adequate rhetorical analysis of Shakespeare's treatment of the concept. Making the claim that affectation is an anomalous affective malady that afflicts nearly everyone in the play, Bradley Buchanan explores the many manifestations of affectation at the court of Elsinore in light of classical rhetorical theory, as well as in the broader context of early modern intellectual culture. \u003cbr\u003e  Buchanan shows that the special twist in Shakespeare's depictions of affectation lies in the catachrestic abuse of the older English word \"affection\" by Hamlet himself (among other characters) to signify the new, foreign concept of affectation. This disturbing conflation of two opposing conditions encapsulates Hamlet's much-discussed problem: he cannot tell the difference between genuine affection and deceptive affectation. Drawing on a growing field of scholarship engaged in the study of rhetoric in early modern English texts, \u003ci\u003eIndict the Author of Affection\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Shakespeare's extensive and self-conscious use of catachresis involves not only far-fetched metaphors but subversive new meanings that can infect familiar words, dramatizing his characters' psychological conflicts and producing a rich but treacherous instability in language itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndict the Author of Affection\u003c\/i\u003e brings to \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e a groundbreaking analysis engaged with the complex, wide-ranging, and contentious discourse concerning affectation as a rhetorical, moral, and aesthetic issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819675787361,"sku":"9780228016649","price":99.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39538048.jpg?v=1769480611","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228016649-indict-the-author-of-affection","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}