The other Side of Desire: Lacan's Theory of the Registers

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The other Side of Desire SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture Henry Sussman, editor The other Side of Desire Lacan’s Theory of the Registers Tamise Van Pelt State University of New York Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2000 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246 Production, Laurie Searl Marketing, Fran Keneston A portion of Chapter 5, “The Discourse of Desire and the Registers in Hamlet” was originally published as “Hamlet’s Desire and the Rules for Lacanian Reading.” Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Literature and Psychology. Lisbon: Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1996. Chapter 6, “Symptomatic Perfectionism in the Journals of Sylvia Plath,” was published in an earlier version, “Perfect: Ideal Ego and Ego Ideal in the Journals of Sylvia Plath.” Literature and Psychology 43 (1997). A portion of Chapter 7, “Being and Otherness,” originally appeared as “Dys-seminating Lacan.” Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Literature and Psychology. Lisbon: Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1997. A version of Chapter 7, “Being and Otherness,” has been published as “Otherness,” Postmodern Culture 10.2 (January, 2000). Écrits: A Selection by Jacques Lacan, translated by Alan Sheridan. Copyright © 1966 by Les Editions du Seuil. English translation copyright © 1977 by Tavistock Publications. Reprinted by permission of Routledge, London. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book I: Freud’s Papers on Technique, 1953–1954 by Jacques Lacan, translated by John Forrester. Copyright © 1975 by Les Editions du Seuil. English translation © 1988 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book II: The Ego in Freud’s Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954–1955 by Jacques Lacan, translated by Sylvana Tomaselli. Copyright © 1978 by Les Editions du Seuil. English translation copyright © 1988 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book III: The Psychoses, 1955–1956 by Jacques Lacan, translated by Russell Grigg. Copyright © 1981 by Les Editions de Seuil. English translation copyright © 1993 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Van Pelt, Tamise. The other side of desire : Lacan’s theory of the registers / Tamise Van Pelt. p. cm. — (SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture) ISBN 0-7914-4475-9 (hardcover : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-7914-4476-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Psychoanalysis. 2. Lacan, Jacques, 1901– . I. Title. II. Series. BF173.V248 2000 150.19´5—dc21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 99-43545 CIP In memory of my mother, Gayle Bozeman Van Pelt Page vi blank. ...