Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (European Perspectives Series)
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.  --Paul de Man