"A particularly lucid and jargon-free exposition of Lacan for the uninitiated. But it does a great deal more; it sheds light on many Lawrentian themes--gender, time, infantile experience--that are often approached simplistically."-- Alan Williamson, University of California, Davis "Lawrence scholarship has, for the most part, resisted changes in academic discourse, and, as a result, Lawrence has generally not been given the respect accorded...