avant-garde & modernism studies General Editor Rainer Rumold Consulting Editors Peter Fenves Stephen Foster Christine Froula Francoise Lionnet Marjorie Perloff Robert von HallbergLines of Desire Reading Gombrowicz’s Fiction with Lacan HANJO BERRESSEM Northwestern University Press Evanston.Northwestern University Press Evanston, Illinois 60208-4210 Copyright © 1998 by Northwestern University Press Published 1998. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN 0-8101-1309-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berressem, Hanjo, 1956 Lines of desire: reading Gombrowicz’s fiction with Lacan Hanjo Berressem P- cm. — (Avant-garde and modernism studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8101-1309-0 (cloth : alk. paper) + Gombrowicz, Witold — Criticism and interpretation. Jacques, 1901 3. Psychoanalysis in literature. L Tide IL. Series °67158.66692848 1998 891.8'5373—deat 97-53227 cp ‘The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ast 239 48-1984. to USTHAS