| Tales of Love Contributor(s): Kristeva, Julia (Author), Roudiez, Leon (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231060254 ISBN-13: 9780231060257 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $41.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1989 Annotation: In 'Tales of Love' Julia Kristeva pursues her exploration of the basic emotions that affect the human psyche. The processes are similar to those followed in 'Powers of Horror'. She begins with a statement from personal experience and follows it with a critical examination of the psychoanalytic position with respect to the matter at hand. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 86028311 |
| Series: European Perspectives S |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.84" W x 8.89" (1.23 lbs) 414 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate." |
Contributor Bio(s): Kristeva, Julia: - Julia Kristeva is professor of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII and author of many acclaimed works and novels, including The Severed Head: Capital Visions, This Incredible Need to Believe, Hatred and Forgiveness, and Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila, all published by Columbia. She is the recipient of the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought and the Holberg International Memorial Prize. |