Abjection, Melancholia and Love - The Work of Julia Kristeva (Hardcover)

This volume begins with a new essay by Julia Kristeva, 'The Adolescent Novel', in which she examines the relation between novelistic writing and the experience of adolescence as an 'open structure'. It is this blend of the literary with the psychoanalytic that places Kristeva's work central to current thinking, from semiotics and critical theory to feminism and psychoanalysis. The essays in this volume offer insight into the workings of Kristeva's thought, ranging from her analyses of sexual difference, female temporality and the perceptions of the body to the mental states of abjection and melancholia, and their representation in painting and literature. Kristeva's persistent humanity, her profound understanding of the dynamics of intention and creativity, mark her out as one of the leading theoreticians of desire. Each essay offers the reader a new insight into the many aspects that make up Kristeva's entire oeuvre.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Women, Feminism and Literature
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	1990
Editors:	John Fletcher • Andrew Benjamin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-52293-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-415-52293-5
Barcode:	9780415522939

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