Understanding Kristeva, Understanding Modernism

Maria Margaroni is Associate Professor in Literary Theory and Feminist Thought at the University of Cyprus. She is the author, with John Lechte, of Julia Kristeva: Live Theory (Bloomsbury, 2004) and has edited four books, including, with Arleen Ionescu, Arts of Healing: Cultural Narratives of Trauma (2020).

• IntroductionKristeva at the Bleeding-Edge of ModernismMaria Margaroni, University of Cyprus, CyprusPart I: Conceptualizing Kristeva 1. Kristeva Telle Quelle: A Seductive Encounter Danielle Marx-Scouras, Ohio State University, USA2. Julia Kristeva: Chora, Infinity, ModernismJohn Lechte, Macquarie University, Australia3. Indifferent Feminine: Kristeva and the Avant-GardeMiglena Nikolchina, Sofia University, Bulgaria4. Modernist Trajectories in Time: Kristeva’s The Enchanted Clock Carol Mastrangelo-Bové, University of Pittsburgh, USA 5. Sanctity and Scandal: Teresa and the Challenge of 19th century ‘False Mysticism’Martha J. Reineke, University of Northern Iowa, USA6. Kristeva's Traumatic Real: Securing the Symbolic Nation through the Law of the VeilTina Chanter, Newcastle University, UK7. Kristeva on Arendt: Politics and the SubjectRobin Truth Goodman, Florida State University, USAPart II: Kristeva and Aesthetics 8. Modernism Unleashed and Restrained: Joyce, Céline and Arendt in Kristeva’s Tale of the CenturyMarios Constantinou, Independent Scholar, Cyprus9. The Fabric of Gothic Modernism: Powers of Horror in M. R. James’s ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’Nicholas Chare, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada10. The Impact of Kristeva’s Theory of Abjection on Modernist ArtRina Arya, University of Huddersfield, UK11. Androgynous and a Foreigner: Orlando’s RevoltChristina Kkona, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France12. ‘Let it end, this cold insanity. Let it happen.’ Kristeva’s Melancholic Modernism and the Parisian Novels of Jean RhysRossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus13. The Mirror Before the Mirror: Reflections on Kristeva and Martha Graham’s HérodiadeRobert R. Shane, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USAPart III: Glossary 14. AbjectionDavid Koloszyc, Vanier College, Montreal, QC, Canada15. Avant-GardeChristos Hadjiyiannis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus16. Female GeniusElisabetta Convento, Boston University, USA17. IntertextualityGertrude Postl, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA18. Intimate RevoltGertrude Postl, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, USA19. SpiritualityAlison Jasper, University of Stirling, UK20. Subject-in-process/on trialEsther Hutfless and Elisabeth Schäfer, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria21. The Semiotic/The SymbolicDavid Koloszyc, Vanier College, Montreal, QC, CanadaIndex

Erudite. Intriguing. Capacious. This book is not an introduction but rather a kaleidoscopic deep-dive into Kristevian thought, at the intersections of literature, philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, all in the context of European modernism. A serious and timely collection of new perspectives on the work of one of the most important intellectuals of our time.