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Powers of Horror : An Essay on Abjection / Julia Kristeva, translated by Leon S. Roudiez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kristeva, Julia, 1941- author.
- Series:
- European perspectives.
- European Perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961--Criticism and interpretation.
- Céline, Louis-Ferdinand.
- Abjection in literature.
- Horror in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Julia Kristeva offers an extensive and profound consideration of the nature of abjection. Drawing on Freud and Lacan, she analyzes the nature of attitudes toward repulsive subjects and examines the function of these topics in the writings of Celine, Proust, Joyce, and other authors.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Translator's Note
- I. Approaching Abjection
- 2. Something to Be Scared Of
- 3. From Filth to Defilement
- 4. Semiotics of Biblical Abomination
- 5.... Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
- 6. Céline: Neither Actor nor Martyr
- 7. Suffering and Horror
- 8. Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite
- 9. "Ours to Jew or Die
- 10. In the Beginning and Without End...
- 11. Powers of Horror
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kristeva, Julia Powers of Horror
- ISBN:
- 9780231561419
- OCLC:
- 1424750594
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