"From Adfectatio to 'Affectation': Affection as Catachresis in Shakespearean Texts" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbl2588/ Author: Buchanan, Brad. Type: Journal Article Year: 2022 Publication Information: Rhetorica 40, no. 4 (2022): 383–411. DOI: 10.1525/rh.2022.40.4.383 Annotation: Argues misuse of "affection" instead of "affectation" in Shakespeare's plays reflects influence of Quintilian’s language in Institutio Oratia; notes particular instanaces of catachesis in Hamlet and Winter’s Tale. A English summary, 383.  Language: English Persons: Quintilian Tags: Hamlet, Language, Linguistics, Philology, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Winter's Tale WSB Update: Summer 2024 WSB Record Number: bbbl2588