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Reading ecrits closely by bruce fink university of minnesota press, 2004 cloth. Lacan and derrida on the purloined letter servanne woodward the classical complaint about marie bonapartes interpretation of poes writings is that she did not give a literary analysis of poe. This year we have taken the formations of the unconscious as the theme of our seminaire. Between language and jouissance published by princeton university press in 1995 errata p. The formations of the unconscious 1957 1958 lacan in ireland. The first complete edition in english 1 by lacan, jacques, fink, bruce isbn. Reading ecrits closely first edition by bruce fink isbn. The instance of the letter in the unconscious, or reason. And this is precisely what bruce fink does in this ambitious book, a fine analysis of lacan s work on language and psychoanalytic treatment conducted on the basis of a very close reading of texts in his icrits. In a nutshell, this is a highly assessable and successful attempt to expatiate many of lacan s key technical writings. Those of you i think it was the majority who were at the scientific meeting last. To read lacan closely is to follow him to the letter, to take him literally, making the wager that he comes right out and says what he means in many cases, though much of his argument must be reconstructed through a linebyline examination. Get an answer for how are lacans essays the agency of the letter in the unconscious and the mirror stage as formative of the i function comparable to derridean ideas. Bruce finks recent book, lacan to the letter, is a splendid attempt to clarify much of the confusion that surrounds lacan s obscure psychoanalytic writings.