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march, thecountry housewherenarrator contemplatesfor ahismental exertionshavebuilt

ed to circleround enchanted cas-estrange'came true,' "andhisfeeling (128). By meansofFount explorestherelationseneuroticform of masculinityerning hisfellowguests, thenat-eatenshisca lculations; hislead him to undertakethe

hecanprolong hisrelation withcannot escape.

neratesa theory in order tong incidents, which, when takenelligence. Upon boarding atrain

heencountersadistant acquain-hasmet at other gatherings. He

in theinterval"between theirmethat I could only hold him asssurprise, however, Long wel-th anintelligencefar greater

ent later, thenarrator encoun-aring their compartmenttation, edited by David Metzget, Vols. 2-3 (1995-1996),

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cognizeher, she"turn(ed) to meyou not to speak to me.' "

hereal izesthat "shewassimplywhohassuddenly and inex-

ereby becomealmost unrecog-immediately whosheis, hesus-he samesort of assasI hadsooncompounded when heencountersand failsto recog-undergoneametamorphosis. A

asbecomemiddle-aged, and thely marvel at "theoddity of myhadbeen about thewife"(30).

henarrator, becausethey notherently bedisturbing, but alsod his "extraordinar[y] va[nity]levated hissenseof hisintelli-efore, consistently defined him-

anywhereelsehema y happen tosof recognition asubversion of hisay that ischaracteristicof obses-lity of seeming stupid betray aay belittlemorethan amask,

other of theforcesthat changeamanner typical of obsessionalmorethan amoment the

ceal; therefore, partly in order toex reasons, hedevelopsatheoryng first to establish, and then to

eyond being amereattempt toto hissensethat, if hispowersofhavedonesobecause of his

hapsbeen disturbed becauseheinal power, whichhistheory willhehaswitnessed theeffectsof

, by meansof an act that defiesansmitted to Grace, and theiven to Gilbert.

n thisprocessliesin theirtsitself through oneof theipate in an act of "fusion"that

o."4 GuyBrissenden "lovesh theprocessthat transformshersyouth to flowinto and suffuse

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mmon substance (30).5 Thisachieveajouissanceof thebody, a

ebehind thedivisivepower of dis-saresacrificed to thissinglearelation that Graceherself

rizeas"so awfully intimate,"thege; s/hecanonly regard societymprehend thisunion, and at

mes explicit later in thenovel,an whom hebelievesto bethehesurmises, derivesnopleasure

r purposein attending thepartydiplomacy"which will preventon haschanged her; in thisway,siderswho would disapproveof

er, thenarrator doesnotse; instead, heimmediately real-two, and thereforeportraysthese

Hisearliest attemptsto makeepeopleassumes theexistenceof

therealm of possibility theseision.6 Thisfunction hasitsoriginll bedeprived of hispenisif he

m," aterm that should beunder-d areferencemerely tomasturba-

n enjoyment that would per-guage. Within thisstate, theing, but rather asawayof expe-ssignifiersissuing from hismouth

h hecan experiencein theverywill bealmost impossibleto

dy can precipitateareactionm tumescenceto detumescence

an loseit altogether, and heparental threat that heabandonorder to relinquish thisenjoy-

ierswith other words, and tomsbecomeenmeshed within

had been saturated will behey will becometheearly basis

eby becomethenameof thesubmitsto therealm of lan-in relation to other words.

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whenentering into thisey could not beachieved;hat thisrelation hasbeen

ne, but of theabsence that thesenden hasaged just asmuch asxistenceof alack at thecenter of

her youth isexpensive. Mrs.wanceof time and bloom some-ently extract them asfrom Guyegerdemain, extracted them, ande sacred fount. But thesacredtheturkey asan 'awkward' dinner

gleshare, but it'snot enough to

l that thesubstancepos-elligence-isinexhaustibleposition to beimpossible, herelations in termsof thetwospsychicstructure, which Lacan

wee n alibidinal object and thewithin asignifier that usually

ubject , which Lacan writesbyapureabsence, for it isnothing

nevertheless, by attempting toescapeitssenseof blankness.8ue, for it isthesmall elementsubject hassubmitted to thesig-his/her body; it isincarnated, in itsor thevoice.9 Thenarrator's

bject to itsradical purity; instead,bed him, thesubterranean pres-, he iscontent to embody it

ce. Sincetheseforcesa refiniteosition that will eventuallyission continues, all of thesub-ly bedrawn out of them, andrsremarks, Guy, after "paying to"(50).

bemarked by adifferentonsof histheory, thenarratorthedonors; they cannot beatstance with whichthey iden-

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of life. To enjoy theprocess ofedonor'snostalgia for amythicalll makeclear, heimaginesthat

nsity and horror that it too woulde excludesthepossibility of thisdominated by adeterminationd therecipient, instead of beingrding to thenarrator, separated

den hasa"beautifu[l]"conscious-warenessby Grace, who main-on (31). Her perception of herainful and terrible-might

Shepasses round it. It takesallehasonly awonderful senseofen and Gilbert Long thus

unavailability of any signifierscessof which they aresuppos-and a lack of understanding,aracteristicswhich thenarratorituatewithin himself. Hefearsy thissubjectivevacancy, a

parental threat which had ledn himself; hedoes not, however,nceof theS/. Thereforehelocatesed and disconcerted him, and in

ion with them.een donor and recipient,n termsof their adherenceto

of "sexuation,"Lacan constructsainsits logical consistency byx(I)x.1OAccording to thesefor-havesubmitted to thephallichat isoutsidetheir set. Thisouissance that hasbeen expelled

n Totem and Taboo, Freud embod-efather of theprimal horde,owledges no impediment to hisembodied within thisexternalasa closed and homogeneous

of all itsmembersto thephallicy in which each of theele-eobject - hasbeen marked byr hasplaced everyonewho

ethest ructureof masculinity He

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within thisset, and thisstep

ately, however, for at firstim to faceissuesthat makehimn without difficulty hissenseofnation to evadeany hint of sub-rough hisuseof thehypothesistoy choiceof clevernessasthe sig-"Intelligence"istheperfect mas-

y to verify that a representationdo so constantly, with everyh a"knowledge"that consistsofs- S2- hecandemonstratewithery remainsasstrong asit has

t, the ambiguity of theat heis fascinated by theseeby any direct means, for theyring during an act of transmis-it. Heisunable even to obtainpientsremain unconsciousof the

mfortable. . . whenthey suspecthasintruded upon their hidden

rator isleft with massesof indi-pterswill suggest, can also be, rather than serving asan obsta-r, asFreud notesin hiscasehis-

dilection . . . for uncertainty andpreferenceto thosesubjects. . .."15 Becausehecan never proveionsexist, thenarrator hopes

eperiod duringwhich hecanmificationsof histheory will pro-er ceaseto re-establish hisclever-egy seemsto succeed splendidly,

mind isableto transform seem-of hismagical theory; with eachhederivesan "absur[d]

daysof fairy-talesand of the128).16 Thenarrator feels,meansof occupying himself; if

of transmission proveto beasation, then hewill beableto look

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k will not, however, bearbeconfronted moreand moree preferred not to emphasize.apossibility whoseimplicationselationswill not continueto

first detected them. Instead,mationsthat will forcehim toanifestation of barred subjectiv-

although hehasnot yet fullyalready begun at themoment

research. Under thepressureofgo asuccession of changesthatychicform: thesymptom.hisideasa bout Gilberthewill watch with interest, inwmuch greater hisawarenessishistheory, and hasstimulatedlsable to remark patronizinglyodest and timid intelligence."thesupposed inferiority of herwatching her fail to grasp, a

ween Long'sposition and hery not bepresent at New-

goesno moreaway from hermoment later, heagain puzzlesr this unknown figuresidentityden shines....By sacrifice"(43).ficant reason for observinghisdiscursivemastery. Shehasa

ission, and thereforehehopeser to yield to him someof theepossesses. In thecontext of thishim will generatethenew

him that "if you'll only name"n him istheresult of asuper-help discover theidentity of thisdidatesbeforeshenoticesthat her

her frequent guest at New-thiswoman istheonewhom

isto dismissit asbeing noesoon changes, and hestartstouch of her eagerness"to prywdoeshis own "Curiosity . . .

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. Taking leaveof GraceBris-Newmarch, tomeet her onejudgment concerning May

on hasmadehim "precipi-ugh hefailsto recognizethehimself without muchh convic-h in lovewith Mrs. Server thatmean obsession,"thecauseofeat thesuccessof hisown the-knowledgewould allowthem toinsto suspect that it hasactu-hehas witnessed an uncanny

nsciousmechanismswhoseexis-on"whose sourceheis too dis-

reaccustomed to thissug-e of wonder, for evidencewillor. Shortly after thisconversa-and beginsto suspect that she76). Later in theday, thenarra-sationswith him aremotivatedelp her preserveher "falseion that will bedecisivefor theend, thepainter Ford Obert, whoasbeen decidedly atypical; usu-now"all over theplace,"seekinger in conversation (65). Thenarra-r animation, sheis trying tost her brilliance. Moving with aattemptsto disguiseher empti-e"glittering deceit of herity which represented. . . her

r, thestronger will hisfas-from thebeginning that the

arily end in his/her death, theicationsof thisconclusion.ed and scraped"of almost all ofhecan no longer thinkof her as

reforeshec easesto betheincar-ching her facea"small lonely

afar moreradical embodimenthaveever been (167). Thefan-r hasposited hasthusbegun to

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mptinesswith which, covertly, he

-reaching consequences; theunconscious signifier of aword

thenarrator will placein acom-vity, but also with hisown.

asfinally becomeconvinced thatrd in themidst of an exchangeofNewmarch. Thepicture

gureisid faceand astate, from eyesold-world clown. In hishand he

irst simply assomeobscure, someviewbecomesarepresentation of

x,in enamelled metal, in somesacomplete mask, such asmight

erelation between theface andfe and death, but they disagreey and which islinked to thela t-could bethe "Mask of Death,"stead, the"Mask of I.ife[.] It'sk is"blooming and beautiful."

May Server makesastatementemask contains"an awful gri-

that May Server ismportant to him both becauseersthat it contains. On the

her onceagain, hecreatesan anal-themask that, in hisaccount,oticing thecondition of her

haveleft her so tired that evenely grimace, the light of previ-rk in water-colour spoiled by theatement, thenarrator, whilebethemask, appliesto her faceresemblesthedeathly figurein theof lifeand happinessin order to.ver'ssmileis conscious;

oussignifier isthemanner inuatesitself into theheart of a

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f thefantasmaticrelation. "Gri-ofemalemembersof thesecou-

me hasbeen transformed herer immediately asan anagram,

yblatant connection betweengle signifier two namesthatrecipient, it becomestheverbalansform two into one. "Gri-thistext, in part, becauseithainsof ideasintersect; itugh love, and by itsassociationletion and eventual death, itonor andrecipient from achiev-

nifier by thespectacle of theentation of thebatted subject.omessimilar, in someways,toIsBeing Beaten."Bothof theseween two terms that can fill inier that will stand infor it andall enjoyment. In Freud'sessay,within thea nalysis, the

er/hisinability to remember thepproachesthe latter, s/heshowst cannot belifted. Thisphaseist of violencesomewhat reminis-ng beaten by my father."19

nding her/himself in apositioneansof imagining thecondition of a

y haveprecisestructuralheory, but thefather isadiffer-madeitself felt inthe relation

ding enjoyment in theact off thesubject-an emptinessistheembodiment of thejouis-

men by thephallicfunction. Asng-in-Evil"and to thefather of

aw that wouldbind him, findsupon hissons.20 In beating thehan exposing theholeof subjec-o thesubject thesignifier thatlein whichthelibidinal object

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d'sbody becomefiguresfor theesubject, in thefirst momentsofll identify; such markswill comeelation to other signifiers. Thisn of thepainful processinwhichect doesnot, however, exhaustond phaseenactstheprocess ofation from thesignifier.2l The

h thesimplestatement, `Achildtheobject (a) in theform of the

/himself in thescene, repliesect enablesthesubject to usethis

asense of her/hisdesire. Bythede epest part of her/himselfceneof lossand tortureasmall

rator'sfantasy asthe equiv-ed upon thesubjec t, but thehesubject and signifier in aLacan hassuggested, "denies. . .ethe impossibility of thesub-ario asa way of allowing the

givehim asenseof hisownctsof alienation, hetransformsconfrontation with the8. Theal themost radical manifestation, beexperienced asa point of

to realizeitsdeeper identifica-ace"functionsin precisely thismaintain acertain distanceake him uneasy. May Server's

asprevented him from havinglculationshavelocated withino facewith theabsencethatlf from it, to manufacturethis

introduceinto histhought any; not having encountered fullyvity hewill not beled to identifyratemorefully asenseof hisownconsciousidentification withtheot becomeevident until later in, hewill identify with "grimace"

minehisdestiny.

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d with the depletion of thekesa discovery that will affecty. At theend of amusical perfor-t Long engaged in a"familiar col-

a lso wonderfully begun todowy processwhich hisowned, havelearned thedonors'had suggested at thebeginning,ilbert Long, thenarrator won-"wouldGrateBrissenden [andnd if it took thisform for the

asmarked as theirs, recover her91). During hislong final con-discoversthat thisparticularer beforehim again, herea lizes

arriageso triumphantlyat the supernatural act isstillermination, onher part, to

at "I feel there'snothing in it andthisstatement, shewill offer

f ha ving been transformed intoeen: a"prize fool,"who uttersher, that sincehehasnotlievethat hemust beinvolvedp her intelligence for him;

ng an affair with amoreegoisticn hiscompany. Finally, Gracely based uponher husband's

with Long, hasset her sightselse-ss"(316). Faced with theseust histheory to account for the

vine{s]"that sheisnowin leaguehing to exposetheir secret and toasthusused hisnewintellige ncem progressing any further in

esponseto thesechanges,premises: hedoesnot want toherepositoriesof ajouissancethater which hehad first placed

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at thesec ouplesfail to achievediscourse, so also herefusestothedonorscreates, in itself aneBrissenden and Gilbert Long do

process; however, instead ofthey want merely to enjoy theirhavebe en endowed. What theynt thenarrator from endanger-or a"possiblelifei n thestate"ofAccording to thenarrator'slat-theonly surprisethat therecip-

hefundamental structureof thepantswithin it havemerelycompleteness, Guyand May arenewlibidinal power, Graceanda).or wantsto put an end to

gression; having identified withon hisownbody, and covertlyeking to state, in an occult man-thenature of her strategy; heenseof strength from hisown

ecognizewhat heis doing. There-into gesturessuch assmilesor

ssociatesthem with"grimace,"hey wereweapons. When, forexities of their debate, andhat May Server isinvolved withtakewith an "indulgen[t]"andntainsthat nosingleincident hasak[s] into laughter"in order toeto explain her changeof mind

sheisable to combat himshowthat beneath hisbravado,

h her. Although heisfacedwith adevastating disproof of

nd moreill at ease. Throughoutxertsamysterious power overr example, sheutterstwo simplecertainty that Long isintimatefact that hedoesnot genuinelyo feel great apprehension.

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e, thewaythisaffected mewith-nd of it that, asI felt even athesmart of which I wascon-: "What if sheshould beright?"

ill manifest itself mostorder to alludeto "grimace."

recrazy," and in order to showdsby laughing at her. Uponver, hehasan uneasy sensethathim than hewill admit to her. "I

nthat of madness....Andy ear of my hilarity, I remember8). Thisunpleasant feeling thatg to emergewill betransformed,easing inability to keep hiswitsnversation, hewill find his"supremeassurance" (318).

ageswhen Grace, who isstillServer isGilbert Long'sdonor,

oment, hisclevernessfailshimly"return her own wordsto her:

eaction, sherepeatsher earliernd hecan only agreethat hehasI should certainly never again,

to reply to her isnot causedwith which shehasconfrontedt hisisnot theonly possible

ecan easily dismissthem asfabri-ssibility which hewill never

onsistent with hisoriginalof transmission can occur onlyreat intimacy, thenarrator andoughout thelater stagesof theirnewtwist in thedebatewaxes andsmastery from him. If such issseeking, in part, to bring outto reveal hisstatusasS / [barred subject] bydrain-of thesignifier that hasrepre-er: hisdefinition of himself asn, with thestrengthening of heration of events, thenarrator, at

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f an aspect of his own mentalangewill itself contributeto thehefinal pagesof thenovel. Heisestill has"threetimesherf hisability to useit asthe

course; hehasceased tobeable,confidently and surely ontothe

awfrom them aknowledge-rethat they possessed. His con-o fatally lacked . . . her tone,"re, in part, attemptsto demon-pleinto hisconcerns(319). Asshepatein hissearch for knowledgein histheory shenowtellshim,ssoon asI was not withyou - Iunever had mysympathy."f hispresencehasweakened con-

e] now!"(287). Bythusallowinge hismind, sheisattempting tomer mastery hashidden (280).hich shedepriveshim of hisr thevery jouissancethat hehadents(318).24 When hewitnessesh shetellshim, for asecond

n with theother sourceof herg] herself up into thestrengthoment when her accusation

nce that suffusesher body (318).ment specifically from theact of

on of "grimace"changesninity asastructurethat resur-ected. Thelaugh with which heserves, likehisearlier laughter,wcontext, thissignifier no

hefantasy; becausethefantasy isahasceased to bean adequateission. Thisparticular referencet to conceiveof femininity asaulinity, and which can beunder-gical formulas: Ex(I)x andAx(I)x.thereis not oneterm x that

25 Theimplicationsof thisasser-woman who bearsno relation

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no external term that would beity. In contrast with masculin-nceto at least one element that

medenies theexistence of anyosition to thefeminineset; thusimitation. Unlikethemalesub-

will not beconfronted with thehereforewill not feel theneed toknowledgeit partially, because

herself to berepresented by anform to it e ntirely.26

mewith asecond one-tsx havebe enmarked by the

when hestatesthat awoman'smean that sheisnot in it atmore": theenjoyment that

her, and can appear in themidstfunction.27 This"not all"- pasgnatestherefusal of theclass ofMasculinity hasconstituted ahassubmitted to thephallic

n relation tothisfunction, butmembersof thisgroup havebeenhejouissancethat existsoutsidethisarning; therefore, it isimpossi-

msof all of itsmembers' rigid sub-, and femininity establishesitself

enarrator transformsthempt to conceiveof precisely thisht on hisearlier useof thissigni-asmaticconnection between

need toreassurehimself aboutfunction. HeCan nowbeseen tonden and May Server in termstheir namesat theheart of the

through theforceof hisownan adherenceto phalliclimita-

n adifferent way becausehehisearliest formulations: hehasuissancethat hehad established

ear that, in spiteof hisemphasisdonor and recipient, hehas,

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ecomecoupled with her in arela-issenden'sfirst assertion that heo admit what hewantstonessthat hefeels when heton-that, afewhoursearlier, hewould

gh, "grimace,"asaword thatattempt to conceiveof thisnewity will betraversed by oppos-cal aspect, becomesaway ofgly contradictory approachestoeof thesewomen hasnot submitted

Graceseemst o suggest, shehasent that remainsunmarked by it.ninity asastructurethat canunction, and which therefore

processof transformation inupied interchangeableplaces.29conceiveof afemininity that

mpletely equal to thismosth thisnewunderstanding. This

h itsrelation with aseriesofignifier not only of thepower of

o achieveunity. Its anagram-ard an idealize d Oneness,

ally separatenames of donor andfrom them anew "unity."

recedes, for atime, and "gri-o conceiveof thestructureoff unification. Asan anagram, itaceBrissenden and MayServer

welement; it thereforecontainsaed and homogeneousset oft with thevery understanding ofthisstructureresistsany attempt

ace hasbeen endowed with ay withMay, who remainsin stead-

bsence, in thesetwo figures, of aibleto mold them into a unity.onception of femininity witht of instability; unableto accom-at eventheunconscioussignify-will attempt to changeit into

rimace"will betransformed intoood in thesensein which Lacan

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hing; in doing so, thenarratoral position, for hewill escapefrometrifying himself within another

pointed theimportanceofgan to examinetheworksofty of producing acoherentFinnegansWake, hesuggested

ense"thejouissance of theonewhoys, "not in each linebut in eachf punsand equivocations, itshey cannot cohereinto meaning-sensethat wehabitually giveit,mescut off from theother words

es. It ceasesto bean elementat it c an producethrough suchwhat it had been in infancy: abeen expelled by thephallic

isolated signifier, which there-

nstanceof theeruption ofway from articulated meaning,alessdramaticand obviousform.ncompasstheentirework, asitFount, it islocated within asinglefier to betransformed into ad unrecognizableby theintro-ionsof spelling; "grimace"willntional meaning. In casessuch as

hat hasbecomec rucial for thewhich it hasbee n raised to

tsmeaning, assumed suchith it and implanted it upon hisother ideas. After thisalteration,, but it will neverthelessbeanished in childhoodwhen theeenmeshed in aseriesof mean-, thisenjoyment isableto return.agesof thediscussion withhen sheassertstha t, during hershehad told him that hewasa

f that during thisinterchange,recipients, and herespondstoeof uneasethat dominatesthe

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other smile, which henowuseseighed [this assertion] with thefixed asMrs. Servers' (293). Hisen Gracecontradictsiming that May Server has beeng, but withGuy Brissenden.

other queer grimace"(317).beeither an aggressive

ent attempt to understand howce"isno longer asignifier that

itsconnectionswith aseriesofeassociationsas aresult of thecompatibleelements: afemininityd delimitationsand an uncon-y to encloseit insidestable

equality of thefeminine, theconsequences; it reversestheattention away from theassoci-signifier, and havethusraised it

upon thepower of thiswordasnsidered asapositive term in itsnjoyment withwhich the nar-lation.ch to jouissance, hehasch will beconnected in avery

gnifier that hasbeen irradiatedptom in FinnegansWake, hasbeensnovel. Itsnewrela tion toit hadoncebeen associate d,

homologousto that of theEx(I)xkethe primal father - theoneace" becomesthedefinitivem theother signifiersin Thehisway, jouissance, which the nar-

itsexistencewithin GraceBris-efirst time, and will appear

nejouissanceby imprintingat first glance, it would seem

to embraceaspecificmanifesta-n asdirect amanner aspossible.

ecause, although it will not elim-sto hold out astronger hopeforissenden embodiesfor him; con-

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erogeneouselement withinsensesof theword,to "contain"

efor it, for in doing so, hewill giverom appearing anywherewith-

y treating such a receptacle, het supposedly carrieswith it; hect anything else. "Grimace,"thent to return within women, isjouissance can besafely and pre-ay"and "Grace"too perfectlympletely satisfactory meansofnction purely asan enclosure.o lessen hisdeepest featsaboutit unexpectedly, then hewill note been disrupted; hecan there-hehasbecomeGrate Bris-

depleting him. Suchtacticsmaywill appear even in thefinal

nevertheless, thestrongestnce.er, with adramatica lter-at hewill find himself unableto

en of an enjoyment that hefears,uissancein himself, and in doingseactual existencehe had judged

k, whencontemplating Guy'sor had immediately rejected anyed bysuccess; hehad refused toodiment of ajouissancethat

discourse. Now, however, in theent that has not conformed to

nehasreappeared, stripped of thegeto escapefrom discourseisook, therefore, thenarrator hasubmission to thephallic functionstheintegrity of histheory haveody. Such acondition, when seenswith enjoyment, can onlybets, particularly TheWingsof thehisnovel, in spiteof itsobvious

mineobsessional responsesto symp-ms; lacking afirst-person narrator,

ccha racter, and thereforetheest itspresencein alessdirect

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g up theconcernssurroundingat which TheSacred Fount con-

aving appeared in an attempt toist within femininity becomes

er, thissymptomaticenjoy-him, for it cannot beexpelled

ened; instead, it will persist andevents that occurred during his

hisfewreferencesto theperiodoing so, admitsthat thesymp-

that, at onepoint during theng, if fleeting revulsion against, and therefore, when hesawuld never again encounter her.hehasnot comeface to face

m in other ways."I did see hershall continueto feel aty littleacheof her heroicgrin"hehas recounted, thenarrator

hastaken itsplacewithin thepon hissplendid theory, hewillhrough hisact of composing hisleshim will ensure that it canwill thereforenever ceaseto

k: GrovePress, Inc., 1979) 311. Subse-

, TheSacred Fount,xiii.in similar terms in two essays: "Hamlet,,"Newsletter of theFreudian Field 2.2 (Fall 1988):tericandthe Analyst,"ProseStudies 11.3 (Decem-

what different emphasisto this issuein "Hysteriaink, MaireJa anus, ed. Reading SeminarsI and II:rsity of NewYork Press, 1996), 263.f /TheWoman,"trans. JacquelineRose,ed.eSexuality (NewYork: Norton, 1982) 138.

etween thenarrator's theory and popularseeSusanneKappele r, Writing and Reading iny Press, 1980) 116-117.n Languageand Jouissance(Princeton Univer-

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oyment in his unpublished course, Cequi87.y in thesetermsin hisunpublisheduring thesessionsof November 25 and December 1,

eeMarie-HeleneBrousse, "Laformuledu fan-ris: Bordas, 1987) 112-115, 116-120; Slavojdon: Verso, 1989) 74, 114-115.-of-the-Father Seminar,"Television/A

ent, trans. Jeffrey Mehlman, ed. JoanCopjec(NewYork:

y, 149.Origin: of Religion, ThePelican Fraud,vol. 13,

ondon: Penguin, 1985) 185-6, 202.of themathemesof masculinesexuationbject, 108-112. For adiscussion of logical consis-

d course, Extimite, April 16, 1986.ought, seeSharon Cameron, Thinking inicago Press, 1989).seeShlomith Rimmon, The Concept Ambi-University of Chicago Press, 1977), and Susan Win-

k,"TheHenry JamesReview 5.3 (1984): 220-1. Jamesat thenovel is not ambiguous, and that thenar-red Fount: ThePhantasmagorical MadeEviden-49.

bsessional Neurosis,"trans. Alix andistoriesII, ThePelica n Freud Library, Vol. 9 (Lon-

atement asan indication is seeking alibid-thissentence, Jamesis"depict ing thesourcesofTheHenry JamesReview3.2(1983): 124.

andsan endless attention will servebothnd also to point to their common concerns.Byassively caricatured intellectual vanity, but thisactter also transformsthelatter into hisdisavowedatst hisfascination with asupposedly inter-eived ashaving fashioned atext of absoluteepiste-ery detail can beread asboth confirming and dis-

constructed a"perfect palace of thought"(311).vesasan obsessional monument to hisownbril-iguity can becontemplated without cease.etwo figureswill lessen. Onceuncon-within thetext, they will presumably do sowithouto will beconjoined by their very lack of knowl-th which theact of writing will becomeinvested,or thenarrator, can beassumed to beaforcefrom

powich, on theother hand,takeseriouslyesfrom hislovefor May Server. SeeBlackall,Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1965) 64-5; Skle-d Farm:."TheHenry James Review2/2 (1981): 13.n': AContribution to theStudy of the

opathology, ThePelican Freud, vol. 10, trans. Alixondon: Penguin, 1979) 170.

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Being-in-Evil,"seeThe Seminar, Book VII:ns. DennisPotter, ed. Jacques-Alain Miller (Newade," trans. JamesB. Swenson, Jr. October 51

eud'sessay in thisfashion in Dusymptomeauanother Lacanian reading of Freud'sessay,seeMarie-/a,"113-116.9, 171. Seealso FrancoiseSchreiber, "Des

Revuedu Champ Freudien 39 (October-December

Seuil, 1966) 824. In "Hysteriaand Obses-on thisstatement and criticizesAlan Sheridan'sdan'sowntranslation, seeEcrits: A Selection (New

gument, presentsGraceBrissenden asanat she is"[f]rightened by [thenarrator's] threateCustom-House.- Nineteenth-Century Fiction andMod-rsity Press, 1982) 187.

eminar, January 17, 1972.Woman,"p. 145.

ninesexuation, seeMarie-HeleneBrousse,reudian Field 5.1/2 (Spring/Fall 1991): 117-127;

Jacques-Alain Miller hasprovided an importantin Extimite, May 21, 1986.

entation of Jamesian relationsto femininity," Out of Bounds: MaleWritersand Gender[ed]Langland (Amherst: TheUniversity of Massachu-

yce ave: Lacan, ed. JacquesAubert (Paris:EllieRagland-Sullivan, "Lacan'sSeminars on

ular Solution,'"Psychoanalysisand. . ., ed.Richardutledge) 71-77, 80-86.d April 1, 1987.ymptom'sstatusascontainer inCe qui fait

m rejoinsFreud'sown discussions ofrent, healso arguesthat thinking can becomeance to "an early development and premature

ndknowing"; hearguesthat in a person withtheseessexualized, for thesexual pleasurewhich is

ecomesshifted on to the act of thinking itselfeconclusion of alineof thought isexperiencedas

eof Obsessional Neurosis,"124.