{"id":33,"date":"2017-09-13T22:57:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/affect-and-literature\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2017-09-15T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T19:52:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/affect-and-literature\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-97\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/affect-and-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2017\/09\/affectimagery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"268\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>This website is dedicated to the work of Silvan Tomkins and the application of his affect theory to the worlds of literature, the arts, and culture.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">The site is directed by Joseph Adamson, Professor Emeritus of English at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He is the author of <em>Melville, Shame, and the Evil Eye<\/em>\u00a0and editor (with Hillary Clark) of <em>Scenes of Shame: Psychoanalysis, Shame and Writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/affect-and-literature\/affect-and-literature\/\">See the latest articles and archives here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">[Technical expertise is provided by Fiona Kinsella, editor of HA&amp;L: Hamilton Arts &amp; Letters, an online magazine devoted to the arts and literature.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website is dedicated to the work of Silvan Tomkins and the application of his affect theory to the worlds of literature, the arts, and culture. 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