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Psychoanalytic perspectives on Kristeva's fiction.

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Author:   Benigno Trigo
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9781438448268

ISBN 10:   1438448260
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   02 July 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Benigno Trigo Part I 1. Whodunit? Reading Kristeva with the Help of Detective Fiction S. K. Keltner 2. Revolution Has Italian Roots: Kristeva's Fiction and Theory Carol Mastrangelo Bove 3. Not a Country for Old Men: Scapegoats and Sacrifice in Santa Varvara Martha Reineke 4. Sebastian's Skull: Establishing the ""Society of the Icon"" Frances L. Restuccia 5. From the Agency of the Letter to the Agency of the Icon: Femininity and Bulgaria in Julia Kristeva's Murder in Byzantium Ewa Plonowska Ziarek Part II 6. Noir Analysis: How Kristeva's Detective Novels Renew Psychoanalysis Benigno Trigo 7. Fiction, Analysis, Possession, and Violence in Kristeva's Mirror of Writing John Lechte 8. Byzantium, or Fiction as Inverted Theory Miglena Nikolchina 9. The Vital Legacy of the Novel and Julia Kristeva's Fictional Revolt Maria Margaroni Works Cited Contributors Index"

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This makes for dense reading that admirably mirrors its subject matter, but therein are stimulating ideas on fiction and theory; how pace, plot, form, and style function; and even how detective fiction might offer a panacea for psychological maladies in today's society. - CHOICE

"""This makes for dense reading that admirably mirrors its subject matter, but therein are stimulating ideas on fiction and theory; how pace, plot, form, and style function; and even how detective fiction might offer a panacea for psychological maladies in today's society."" - CHOICE"

Author Information

Benigno Trigo is Professor of Latin American Literature at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of several books, including Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin American Women's Writing, and the editor of Foucault and Latin America: Appropriations and Deployments of Discursive Analysis.

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