An easily accessible introduction to Kristeva's work in English. The essays have been selected as representative of the three main areas of Kristeva's writing--semiotics, psychoanalysis, and political theory--and are each prefaced by a clear, instructive introduction. For beginners or those familiar with Kristeva's work this is a good complement to The Portable Kristeva with a convenient selection of articles from Kristeva's earlier work some of which are otherwise hard to come by.
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"It has been apprarent for some time that Julia Kristeva has inherited the intellectual throne left vacant by the death of Simone de Beauvoir." -- Elaine Showalter
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Celebrating Language and Thought,
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The Kristeva Reader is a good, even great, introduction to the work of Julia Kristeva. Some of Kristeva's most important works are brilliantly exerpted in readable prose by Toril Moi. Lovers of linguistics, rhetoric, literary theory, and psychology will find Kristeva's work compelling. One interesting aspect of the text is that it offers the reader a glimpse into the creative process. In an early essay, "Word, Dialogue, and Novel," Kristeva responds to the theory of Mikhail Bakhtin. Her later essay, "Revolution in Poetic Language," shows the evolution of Kristeva's language theory. Unfortunately, in order to make Kristeva accessible, Moi had to make some difficult choices in her editing. A serious scholar will undoubtedly find herself looking for the complete essays in another text.
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Changed my life,
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This is one of my most cherished volumes of critical theory. Any self-respecting lit student should own this tome, and read it carefully. Many useful pieces for different scenarios.
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...abjection (If you also read 'Powers of Horror' by Kristeva) Quite comprehensive altough it would be hard to make a choice in the work of Kristeva. Kristeva's work focuses heavily on semiotics and women's role in politics and religion. Many of the theories will stir the soul, especially 'Stabat Mater' if you grew up forced into any european or western dogma. 'Women's Time' is a good possible evaluation of women and politics. Freud gets thrown into this in a very different manner than one expects, which leaves us to wonder, is Kristeva supporting the old 'Dr.' or not?
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'The System and the Speaking Subject' first appeared in the Times Literary Supplement (12 October 1973, pp. 1249-52), and was reprinted in Thomas A. sebeok (ed.), the Tell Tale Sign. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thetic phase, semiotic motility, symbolic paternal order, unary feature, semiotic chora, denotative word, semiotic functioning, imaginary father, signifying unit, archaic mother, ambivalent word, signifying process, semiotic research, symbolic contract, semiotic practice, sexual fix, signifying space, polyphonic novel, paternal function, langage poétique Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Standard Edition, Melanie Klein, Middle Ages, Hogarth Press, Tel Quel, Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, Columbia University Press, Antoine de la Sale, Margaret Waller, The Interpretation of Dreams, Johns Hopkins University Press, Powers of Horror, Seán Hand, The Hague, University of Chicago Press, Virgin Mother, Des Chinoises, General Linguistics, Jacques Derrida, Louis Ferdinand Céline, Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, William of Occam New!
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'The System and the Speaking Subject' first appeared in the Times Literary Supplement (12 October 1973, pp. 1249-52), and was reprinted in Thomas A. sebeok (ed.), the Tell Tale Sign. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thetic phase, semiotic motility, symbolic paternal order, unary feature, semiotic chora, denotative word, semiotic functioning, imaginary father, signifying unit, archaic mother, ambivalent word, signifying process, semiotic research, symbolic contract, semiotic practice, sexual fix, signifying space, polyphonic novel, paternal function, langage poétique Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Standard Edition, Melanie Klein, Middle Ages, Hogarth Press, Tel Quel, Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, Columbia University Press, Antoine de la Sale, Margaret Waller, The Interpretation of Dreams, Johns Hopkins University Press, Powers of Horror, Seán Hand, The Hague, University of Chicago Press, Virgin Mother, Des Chinoises, General Linguistics, Jacques Derrida, Louis Ferdinand Céline, Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, William of Occam New!
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- Revolution in Poetic Language (European Perspectives Series) by Julia Kristeva on 13 pages
- Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (European Perspectives Series) by Julia Kristeva on 7 pages
- About Chinese Women by Julia Kristeva on 6 pages
- The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud on 4 pages
- Moses and Monotheism by Sigmund Freud on 4 pages
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- Looking Back to the Future: 1990-1970 (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture) by Griselda Pollock on 8 pages
- Looking Back to the Future: 1990-1970 (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture) by Griselda Pollock on 5 pages
- Feminism Beyond Modernism (Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms) by Professor Elizabeth A. Flynn on page 13, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Vol. 8: From Formalism to Poststructuralism by Raman Selden on page 245, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- DISCONTENTED DISCOURSES: Feminism/Textual Intervention/Psychoanalysis by Marleen Barr on page 39, page 65, and page 99
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