Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.
Contents
A note on "everything" -- The decline of "everything" -- King Lear and the multiple meanings of "nothing" -- The body and the place : the meaning of geography -- "Father, don't you see I'm burning?" The geography of the journey in Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams -- The metaphor of the mirror -- Symbols and the symbol of telephoning -- Body parts as symbols : the shoulder -- Aggression and danger -- The analytic place -- Proceeding toward nothing : Ibsen and The Master Builder -- Something and enough -- Coda : the problem of evil.