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Issue 71 now available

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Dedicated to the memory of Charles Melman, issue 71 collects together in one volume the rich contribution made to The Letter by Charles Melman over the last 30 years. This issue also contains several articles by Charles Melman appearing in English translation for the first time.

Articles (8)

Oct 1, 2016 ∙ 17 min

A Perfect Construction

This fore-tale to the Táin Bó Cualnge is a 9th century representation of an event in the 7th century when the poets of Ireland set about...

Mar 1, 2016 ∙ 7 min

Book Review. The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in our Times by Barbara Taylor

Barbara Taylor is a much-acclaimed academic historian. The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times is a meditation on her own...

Oct 1, 2015 ∙ 18 min

Fír Flathemon: The Ruler’s Truth

A belief in the power of the spoken word as a vehicle for truth was of IndoEuropean origin. It formed the basis of Early Irish kingship...

Oct 1, 2014 ∙ 11 min

Subject and Subject-Matter

Based upon ‘The Psychoanalytic Discourse: A Second Reading of Lacan’s L’Etourdit’ by Christian Fierens, I look at ‘The Tollund Man’ by...

Mar 1, 2013 ∙ 24 min

Do Drúthaibh Ocus Meraibh Ocus Dásachtaib. Of Fools Madmen And Lunatics

This paper will examine attitudes towards the mad and insane in early Irish society and explore the rationale for both their inclusion in...

Jun 1, 2011 ∙ 4 min

The Centre Cannot Hold: A Memoir of My Schizophrenia - Book Review

Elyn Saks lives with her husband in California, where, after a brilliant academic career in some of the world‘s most acclaimed...

Mar 1, 2003 ∙ 24 min

The Birth Of The Hero And The Origin Of Society: Reciprocity And Incest In Compert Conculainn

Compert Conculainn, the tale of Cuchulainn's conception and birth, has been handed down in two recensions, generally referred to as...

Mar 1, 2003 ∙ 4 min

Lebar na h'uidre - Book of the Dun Cow

Book of the Dun Cow One day the nobles of Ulster were around Concobur in Emain Macha. A birdflock used visit the plain in front...

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Recent Articles

Editorial Issue 70

Editorial 2021 brought us the continued challenge of working within Covid restrictions and I’m pleased to say that despite these...

Nocturnal Whispers

While acknowledging that the inevitable encounter with language is the traumatic encounter par excellence that structures subjectivity, this

Sick, Dying, Dead, and Buried…Rotten and Forgotten

This paper explores Lacan’s concept of the second death and its significance for an ethics of psychoanalysis.

Marion Deane

Marion Deane

Marion Deane

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