Powers of horror
Subtitle: an essay on abjection
By: Julia Kristeva ; translated by Leon S. Roudiez.
Series: European perspectives
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation; Horror in literature; Abjection in literature
Description: "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 para-philosophical modes of discourse. The sections on Céline, for example, are indispensable reading for those interested in this writer and place him within a context that is both illuminating and of general interest"--Paul de Man, p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Translation of: Pouvoirs de l'horreur.