Category Archives: Volume 25 (2021)

By: Efrat Biberman Abstract: In 2005, Jean Clair curated a grand exhibition dedicated to melancholy. Theexhibition encompassed an array of the copious representations of melancholythrough a historical prism, and included various spectacular images of skulls, dolefuleyes, ticking clocks and ample images of the posture most identified withmelancholy— figures leaning their heads on their hands. MelancholyContinue reading “Melancholy as an Artistic Position: The Case of Bas Jan Ader”

By: Gerald C. Wood Abstract: Near the end of Persuasion Anne Elliot informs Captain Wentworth that despite Lady Russell’s opposition to the couple, Anne will continue to be connected to, even influenced by, her mother figure. This scene is indicative of Austen’s dramatic shift from the Cinderella stories in her earlier novels to a psychologicalContinue reading ““That quarter of the mind”: The Psychodynamics of the Female Will In Jane Austen’s Persuasion”

By: Genevieve Smart Abstract: In its analysis of Mina Loy’s 1914 poem “Parturition” alongside Jacques Lacan’s theory of the Real, this article considers how childbirth problematises dominant notions of subjectivity, gender, and temporality. Beyond the identity category of ‘mother,’ it begins by examining childbirth as an intersubjective phenomenon which complicates the distinctions between inside andContinue reading “Impossible Births: Childbirth Beyond the (M)other in Jacques Lacan and Mina Loy”

By: Barbara Rumain Abstract: This paper argues that it is Sherlock Holmes’ characterization as a Narcissistic Personality which is largely responsible for his immense popularity. It maintains that Watson serves two functions: One function is that of being a constant source of narcissistic supply and the other is to mitigate and counteract what would otherwiseContinue reading “A Study in Sherlock: Our Fascination with Pathological Narcissism and the Narcissistic Personality”