Powers of Horror

Name: Powers of Horror
Author: Julia Kristeva

by Julia Kristeva

Psychoanalytic theory of abjection, the uncanny, and psychological horror

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Julia Kristeva

Bulgarian-French literary theorist, psychoanalyst, and novelist who introduced Bakhtin's dialogism to Western theory and developed the concepts of intertextuality, abjection, and the chora. Powers of Horror is her most influential work. She was a member of the Tel Quel group.

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