%0 Journal Article
%T The Purloined Chamber: A Lacanian Reading of Richard Powers¡¯s Plowing the Dark
%A Heil
%A Johanna
%J COPAS : Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
%D 2010
%I University of Regensburg
%X This article focuses on the short chapters in Richard Powers¡¯s novel Plowing the Dark that describe obscure rooms which cannot easily be related to the novel¡¯s action. Comparing these rooms to the letter in Poe¡¯s short story ¡°The Purloined Letter,¡± I propose a Lacanian interpretation of these rooms that will illuminate their character and function.
%U http://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/133/157