On the Road to Lost Fathers: Jack Kerouac in a Lacanian Perspective (New Americanists in Poland .10) （2019. 242 S. 3 Abb. 210 mm）

Sawczuk, Tomasz

PETER LANG（2019発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 242 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783631773475

Full Description

The book is the first monograph which examines the correspondences between the oeuvre of Jack Kerouac and the thought of Jacques Lacan, the two apparently incompatible worlds which prove to be complementary when taking a closer look. The study demonstrates a number of points. Firstly, with Jacques Lacan as a silent partner, it helps to better understand why psychoanalysis won Kerouac's enmity in the mid-1950s. It also delves into Lacan's reflections on spontaneous free-association to prove their convergence with Beats' literary tactics. In its final part, by employing Lacanian theory, the book offers an extensive insight into Kerouac's oeuvre to excavate the problematic status of the father figure, a crucial matter not yet given a rigorous critical attention.

Contents

The development of psychoanalysis in the United States - Fundamental Lacanian concepts, literary studies and American literature: Lacanian perspectives - Kerouac and psychoanalysis in America - Textual spontaneity and Lacanian theory - Father figures in the Duluoz Legend