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Author Kristeva, Julia, 1941-

Title Powers of horror : an essay on abjection / Julia Kristeva ; translated by Leon S. Roudiez.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 1982.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  843.912 K92P    Check Shelf
Description x, 219 pages ; 24 cm.
Series European perspectives
European perspectives.
Note Translation of: Pouvoirs de l'horreur.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Approaching abjection -- Something to be scared of -- From filth to defilement -- Semiotics of Biblical abomination -- ...Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi -- Céline: neither actor nor martyr -- Suffering and horror -- Those females who can wreck the infinite -- "Ours to Jew or die" -- In the beginning and without end... -- Powers of horror.
Subject Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Horror in literature.
Abjection in literature.
Indexed Term Fiction in French Céline, Louis-Ferdinand - Critical studies
Subject Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961.
Rejection, Psychology
Added Title Pouvoirs de l'horreur. English
ISBN 0231053460
9780231053464
0231053479 (paperback)
9780231053471 (paperback)
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