This book examines Elfriede Jelinek s investigation of Austria s and Western Europe s -obscene fantasies- through her -perversion- of generic forms in three of her best-known texts ("Die Liebhaberinnen, Lust, " and "Die Klavierspielerin"). Each chapter investigates a central psychoanalytic concept (alienation, jouissance, perversion, and sublimation) and reads a Jelinek text in relation to the genre that it is perverting, exposing the -obscene fantasies- that lie at its heart. This book argues that the disruption of genres is one of Jelinek s most significant literary contributions, with her works functioning to create a -negative aesthetics- as opposed to a positive reworking of generic forms."