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This article explores Jacques Lacan's (minimal) engagements with Samuel Beckett. Before positing Beckett as a ‘silent partner’ of Lacan, the article offers a broader account of the place of literature in Lacan's teaching and in particular the role played by the writings of James Joyce. Lacan's reflections on the Joycean punning on ‘litter’/‘letter’, in Finnegans Wake, provide a context for understanding the psychoanalyst's perspective on Beckett's work.
Title: Lacan with Beckett
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This article explores Jacques Lacan's (minimal) engagements with Samuel Beckett.
Before positing Beckett as a ‘silent partner’ of Lacan, the article offers a broader account of the place of literature in Lacan's teaching and in particular the role played by the writings of James Joyce.
Lacan's reflections on the Joycean punning on ‘litter’/‘letter’, in Finnegans Wake, provide a context for understanding the psychoanalyst's perspective on Beckett's work.
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