Understanding Kristeva, understanding modernism / [edited by] Maria Margaroni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Margaroni, Maria, editor.

Series:

Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism

Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kristeva, Julia, 1941---Criticism and intrepretation.

Kristeva, Julia.

Aesthetics, Modern--History.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Explores and illuminates Kristeva's profound impact on our understanding of literary modernism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Kristeva at the Bleeding-Edge of Modernism: An Aesthetics of Ooze, Puke and Black Laughter / Maria Margaroni, English Studies, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Part I: Conceptualizing Kristeva

Kristeva Telle Quelle, Danielle Marx-Scouras, Department of French and Italian, Ohio State University, USA

Julia Kristeva: Chora, Infinity, Modernism / John Lechte, Sociology, Macquarie University, Australia

Indifferent Feminine: Kristeva and the Avant-Garde / Miglena Nikolchina, Theory and History of Literature, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Modernist Trajectories in Time: Kristeva's The Enchanted Clock / Carol Mastrangelo-Bové, English Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Sanctity and Scandal: Teresa and the Challenge of 19th century 'False Mysticism' / Martha J. Reineke, Department of Philosophy and World Religions, University of Northern Iowa, USA

The Traumatic Real: Securing the Symbolic Nation through the Law of the Veil / Tina Chanter, Philosophy and Gender Studies, Kingston University, UK

Kristeva on Arendt: Politics and the Subject / Robin Truth Goodman, English, Florida State University, USA

Part II: Kristeva and Aesthetics

Modernism Unleashed and Deterred: Joyce, Céline and Arendt in Kristeva's Tale of the Century / Marios Constantinou, Independent Scholar, Cyprus

The Fabric of Gothic Modernism: Powers of Horror in M. R. James's 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' / Nicholas Chare, Art History, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada

'Let it end, this cold insanity. Let it happen.' Kristeva's Melancholic : Modernism and the Parisian Novels of Jean Rhys / Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Department of Languages and Literature, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Androgynous and a Foreigner: Orlando's Revolt / Christina Kkona, Research Fellow, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark

The Impact of Kristeva's Theory of Abjection on Modernist Art / Rina Arya, Visual Culture and Theory, University of Huddersfield, UK

The Mirror Before the Mirror: Reflections on Kristeva and Martha Graham's Hérodiade / Robert R. Shane, Art History, Theory and Criticism, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USA

Part III: Glossary

"abjection" David Koloszyc, Humanities, Philosophy and Religion, Vanier College, Montreal, QC, Canada

"the avant-garde" / Christos Hadjiyiannis, Department of English, University of Cyprus, Cyprus "intertextuality" / Gertrude Postl, Philosophy, Women's and Gender Studies, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA "

intimate revolt" / Gertrude Postl, Philosophy, Women's and Gender Studies, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA

"female genius" / Elisabetta Convento, Romance Studies, Boston University, USA

"Oedipus" / Maria Margaroni, Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

"the sacred" / Alison Jasper, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling, UK

"semiotic/symbolic" / David Koloszyc, Humanities, Philosophy and Religion, Vanier College, Montreal, QC, Canada

"subject-in-process/on trial" / Esther Hutfless and Elisabeth Schäfer, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

"abjection" / David Koloszyc, Humanities, Philosophy and Religion, Vanier College, Montreal, QC, Canada

"the avant-garde" / Christos Hadjiyiannis, Department of English, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

"intertextuality" / Gertrude Postl, Philosophy, Women's and Gender Studies, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA

"intimate revolt" / Gertrude Postl, Philosophy, Women's and Gender Studies, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA

"subject-in-process/on trial" / Esther Hutfless and Elisabeth Schäfer, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501362385

1501362380

9781501362361

1501362364

9781501362378

1501362372

OCLC:

1295020872