El presente trabajo interroga la relación entre cuerpo, afecto y goce en la clínica psicoanalítica. Para tal fin tomaré el escrito de Lacan “Juventud de Gide o la letra y el deseo” y centraré mi lectura en la lectura que Lacan nos ofrece de relación de Gide con su esposa Madeleine. Palabras clave Cuerpo - Afecto - Goce - Pasiones ABSTRACT MADELEINE’S PASSIONATE OUTBURST AS AN OPENING OF JOUISSANCE TO DESIRE The present work questions the relationship between body, affect and enjoyment in the psychoanalytic clinic. To this end I will take Lacan’s writing “Gide’s Youth or the Letter and the Wish” and focus my reading on the reading that Lacan offers us of Gide’s relationship with his wife Madeleine. Keywords Body - Affection - Enjoy - Passions