Table of Contents

THE SPIRIT OF THE NODES

I. On the logical use of the sinthome, or Freud with Joyce

II. On what makes a hole in the real

III. On the knot as the subject’s support

THE JOYCE TRAIL

IV. Joyce and the fox riddle

V. Was Joyce mad?

VI. Joyce and imposed words

THE INVENTION OF THE REAL

VII. On a fallace that vouches for the real

VIII. On sens, sex and the real

IX. From the unconscious to the real

BY WAY OF CONCLUSION

X. The writing of the Ego

Note

APPENDICES

Joyce the Symptom, by Jacques Lacan

Presentation at Lacan’s Seminar, by Jacques Aubert

Reading notes, by Jacques Aubert

A note threaded stitch by stitch, by Jacques-Alain Miller

Translator’s endnotes

Index

About the Author

Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was one of the twentieth-century's most influential thinkers. His many works include Écrits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis and the many other volumes of The Seminar.