How long does it take to read Powers of Horror?
Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva takes about 4 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1980. 219 pages, about 60,225 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Kristeva is one of the leading voices in contemporary French criticism, on a par with such names as Genette, Foucault, Greimas and others ... [Powers of Horror is] an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse. The sections on Céline, for example, are indispensable reading for those interested in this writer and place him within a context that is both illuminating and of general interest"--Paul de Man, p. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Horror, Social psychology, Abjection dans la littérature, Abjection, Aspect anthropologique
