Julia Kristeva has sparked considerable debate among feminist political andpsychoanalytic thinkers securing her status as one of the most formidablefigures in t... » 

Julia Kristeva has sparked considerable debate among feminist political andpsychoanalytic thinkers securing her status as one of the most formidablefigures in twentiethcentury critical theory. However her precise relevance tothe study of literature can be hard for new readers to fathom. This volumeexplores Kristevas definitions of literature her methods for analyzing itand the theoretical ground on which those endeavours are based. «