"Fresh and compelling, Mourning After Freud makes an innovative contribution to discussions of mourning and translation. In developing the concept of 'hypertranslation,' Vanwesenbeeck extends these discussions beyond the familiar terrain of psychoanalysis and deconstruction to African American literary and theoretical traditions, drawing out the shared philosophical stakes of these rarely juxtaposed discourses. Mourning After Freud is not only well-researched and convincing in its attention to detail, with an impressive command of its subject matter, but also a pleasure to read." — Roland Végső, author of Worldlessness After Heidegger: Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction