Michalski, IsabelleSigler, David2021-06-092021-06-092021-06-16Michalski, I., & Sigler, D. (2021). Logical time in Austen's Persuasion: Desire and the unproductive anxious interval. In Kramp, M. (Ed.) Jane Austen and critical theory. Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003181309-49781032019918http://hdl.handle.net/1880/113477This essay reads Jane Austen’s Persuasion in light of Jacques Lacan’s essay “Logical Time and the Assertion of Anticipated Certainty.” We weigh the glances exchanged between characters in a chain of four episodes from the novel, paying attention to the pauses produced in each scene. Such an analysis suggests that the characters, confronted with an effectively carceral system of social rules, must deduce their own gender identities, and their desirability within that sexual regime, by letting go of their very subjectivity. A complex temporality is produced in the field of desire that undercuts any distinction between objective and subjective self-knowledge.engUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Austen, JaneLacan, JacquesPersuasion (novel)Logical timepsychoanalysisintersubjectivitytemporalitybook part435-2017-003710.4324/9781003181309-410.11575/PRISM/38910