The Burial of the Dead : The Psychoanalytic Pass in Harold Brodkey's 'This Wild Darkness'

The Burial of the Dead

Title: The Burial of the Dead: The Psychoanalytic Pass in Harold Brodkey's 'This Wild Darkness'
Author(s): Tom Ratekin
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
Series: New Directions in the Humanities
Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
Keywords: Jacques Lacan, La Passe, Harold Brodkey, Memoir, Psychoanalysis, AIDS
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Date: December 04, 2006
ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v04i03/41862
Citation: Ratekin, Tom. 2006. "The Burial of the Dead: The Psychoanalytic Pass in Harold Brodkey's 'This Wild Darkness'." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 4 (3): 55-62. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v04i03/41862.
Extent: 8 pages

I argue that Harold Brodkey’s 1996 memoir This Wild Darkness reflects the psychoanalytic Pass developed by Jacques Lacan.