James Joyce and the Problem of Psychoanalysis

From its very beginning, psychoanalysis sought to incorporate the aesthetic into its domain. Despite Joyce''s deliberate attempt in his writing to resist this powerful hermeneutic, his work has been confronted by a long tradition of psychoanalytic readings. Luke Thurston argues that this very antagonism holds the key to how psychoanalytic thinking can still open up new avenues in Joycean criticism...