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Dr Luke Thurston

Lecturer
BA (Oxon) MA PhD (Kent)

Contact

Email: lut@aber.ac.uk
Office: D57
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622389

Teaching Areas

Lecturer in 20th Century Literature

Luke teaches modern and contemporary British, Irish and American literature, specializing in the period 1880-1940; and also literary theory, specializing in psychoanalysis. He welcomes PhD proposals in the fields of Modernist and contemporary writing; Irish literature in English; or on any aspect of psychoanalysis and literary theory or literature and translation

Research

Luke's main research interests are in twentieth century literature (especially Irish modernism), contemporary literature and literary theory, with additional interests in contemporary philosophy and translation studies. His current work is on bilingualism and multiple personality in Beckett and Pessoa.

He is also very interested in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. He has translated works by Jean Laplanche, André Green and Roberto Harari, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal for Lacanian Studies.

Staff Publications

James Joyce and the Problem of Psychoanalysis, Cambridge University Press, 2004

‘Thurston’s ingenious arguments take us deep into the labyrinth of signs and the psyche.’ (Times Literary Supplement)

‘This is a brilliant book. It shows how a sophisticated theory-savvy approach unlocks a few more Joycean riddles.’ (Jean-Michel Rabaté)

‘Thurston’s carefully worked out ideas about Joyce, his extensive and sophisticated knowledge of Lacan, his deep imagination and ability to connect ideas on many levels, and his gift for making complex concepts clear and even entertaining … make this decidedly the best of the many Lacanian books on Joyce.’ (Sheldon Brivic)

For more information, or to purchase the book, see:
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521835909 
 
Re-inventing the Symptom: Essays on the Final Lacan , Other Press, 2002, Edited by Luke Thurston

‘This is criticism of the highest order that takes Lacan’s work as a starting-point for new creation.’ (Maud Ellmann)

For more information, or to purchase the book, see:
http://www.otherpress.com/bookpage.php?bkID=57 
 
How James Joyce Made His Name: A Reading of the Final Lacan, By Roberto Harari, translated by Luke Thurston (Other Press, 2002)

'This new translation makes the intricacies of Lacan's seminar available to the English-speaking world for the first time. The author's accessible, vigorous prose explains the nuances of Lacanian theory with perfect clarity.'

For more information, or to purchase the book, see:
http://www.otherpress.com/bookpage.php?bkID=366 
 
Essays on Otherness, By Jean Laplanche, translated by Luke Thurston (Routledge, 1999)

‘Exegetically scrupulous and rigorously argued, these essays go straight to the heart of the psychoanalytical enterprise.’ (Peter Osborne)