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Indict the Author of Affection

Affectation and Catachresis in Hamlet

By: Bradley W. Buchanan

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Affectation and Catachresis in Hamlet

By: Bradley W. Buchanan

Many scholars have touched tangentially on the topic of affectation in Hamlet, 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. 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, Indict the Author of Affection 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. Indict the Author of Affection brings to Hamlet a groundbreaking analysis engaged with the complex, wide-ranging, and contentious discourse concerning affectation as a rhetorical, moral, and aesthetic issue.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228017947

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9780228017943

Oedipus Against Freud

Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in Twentieth-century British Literature

By: Bradley W. Buchanan

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Oedipus Against Freud

Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in Twentieth-century British Literature

By: Bradley W. Buchanan

Sigmund Freud's interpretation of the Oedipus myth - that subconsciously, every man wants to kill his father in order to obtain his mother's undivided attention - is widely known. Arguing that the pervasiveness of Freud's ideas has unduly influenced scholars studying the works of Modernist writers, Bradley W. Buchanan re-examines the Oedipal narratives of authors such as D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce in order to explore their conflicted attitudes towards the humanism that underpins Freud's views. In the alternatives to the Freudian version of Oedipus offered by twentieth-century authors, Buchanan finds a complex examination of the limits of human understanding. Following the analyses of philosophers such as G.W.F. Hegel and Frederick Nietzsche and anticipating critiques by writers such as Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze, British Modernists saw Oedipus as representative of the embattled humanist project. Closing with the concept of posthumanism as explored by authors such as Zadie Smith, Oedipus Against Freud demonstrates the lasting significance of the Oedipus story.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442641576

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Hanif Kureishi

By: Bradley W Buchanan

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Hanif Kureishi

By: Bradley W Buchanan

Hanif Kureishi is one of the most controversial contemporary British writers. This introduction places his fiction in historical context and explores his relevance to contemporary culture. Including a timeline of key dates and an interview with the author, this clear guide offers an overview of the varied critical reception his work has provoked.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137098279

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Indict the Author of Affection

Affectation and Catachresis in Hamlet

By: Bradley W. Buchanan

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Oedipus Against Freud

Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in Twentieth-century British Literature

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Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in Twentieth-century British Literature

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Indict the Author of Affection

Indict the Author of Affection

Oedipus Against Freud

Oedipus Against Freud

Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

Indict the Author of Affection

Indict the Author of Affection

Oedipus Against Freud

Oedipus Against Freud

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