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Some of the most well-known psychoanalysts and literary theorists explore Jacques Lacan's influence on literature. The relationship between literature and psychology is long and richly complex, and no more so than in the work of Jacques Lacan, the most controversial psychoanalyst since Freud. The Literary Lacan: From Literature to ""Lituraterre"" and Beyond is dedicated to assessing Lacan's significant contribution to literary studies and the contribution, in turn, of literature to Lacanian psychoanalysis. The first essays in this collection provide close readings of Lacan's literature-related work, specifically his work on Hamlet, his homage to Marguerite Duras and Lewis Carroll, his concept of Lituraterre, and his seminar on James Joyce. Other essays examine Lacan's theories in conjunction with the works of major writers such as Samuel Beckett. The book concludes with essays that investigate Lacan and literature more broadly, including the applicability of literature to psychoanalysis. With well-known contributors including Slavoj Žižek, Jacques-Alain Miller, Russell Grigg, and Ellie Ragland, this volume will appeal not only to specialists in literary and Lacanian theory but also to students and enthusiasts of the master and the literature that inspired him.

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Author:   Santanu Biswas
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Imprint:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781803094533

ISBN 10:   1803094532
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   08 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Joyce with Lacan       Jacques-Alain Miller (Translated from the French by Russell Grigg) Introduction      Santanu Biswas Part 1: The Literary Lacan From the Letter to the Objet petit a: The Evolution of Lacan’s Literary Metaphors       Nancy Blake Psychoanalysis Applicable and Inapplicable: The Case of Literature       Jean-Michel RabatéPart 2: From Literature ‘To Be or Not . . .’: Lacan and the Meaning of Being in Shakespeare’s Hamlet       Matthew Sharpe Lewis Carroll and Psychoanalytic Criticism: Why Nothing Adds Up in Wonderland       Christopher Lane Joyce: Lacan’s Sphinx       Geoff Boucher Part 3: To Lituraterre A Literary Introduction to ‘Lituraterre’       Santanu Biswas The Littoral Condition of the Letter      Jean-Pierre Klotz Part 4: And Beyond Cogito in Literature: Descartes with Beckett       Slavoj Žižek The Practice of the Letter and Topological Structure       Ellie Ragland Reading Bhabha, Reading Lacan: Preliminary Notes on Colonial Anxiety       Gautam Basu Thakur The Transsexual Body Written: Writing as Sinthome       Patricia Gherovici Afterword The Enigma of Jouissance       Russell Grigg Notes on Contributors Index

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Santanu Biswas is associate professor of English at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, where he teaches literature and psychoanalysis.

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