Abstract
This paper looks at Lacan's stress on literature, the letter, and the individual letter, as constituting the unconscious and persisting in making its effects felt throughout speech and language. By taking selected examples from Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield and Bleak House, the unsettling and enduring effects of the letter are shown, as both questioning and reinforcing the way that language constructs meaning and signifiance in individual texts. © Klincksieck.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 54-64 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Etudes Anglaises |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |