Short description
Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse.
Review
Kristeva is one of the leading voices in contemporary French criticism, on a par with such names as Genette, Foucault, Greimas and others. . . . [Powers of Horror] is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on paraphilosophical modes of discourse.
Table of contents
- 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. Celine: 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