Abstract
Argues that James Joyce's writings reflect the transition from a representation of desire as oedipal, to a model that draws its power, not from lack, but from excess, surfeit, waste. Politics and pschoanalysis; Textual representativity; Reading as a consumer enterprise; Oedipalization; Deliberate self-contradiction; Slippage between oedipal and anti-oedipal; Celebratory and destructive phases of marriage.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 219-237 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | James Joyce Quarterly |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1993 |
Keywords
- marriage
- reading
- human organs
- fathers
- sons
- fascism
- political power
- mental objects
- desire
- repression