ST105 Nature, Body & Transformation
The abject, applied
Kristeva's concept put to work on the swamp, the corpse and the body that will not keep its edges.
Reading for this lesson
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Required Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection Julia Kristeva, translated by Leon S. Roudiez the opening chapter, "Approaching Abjection"
You met it in ST102. Read it again with the swamp in mind.
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Required Swamp Thing #1: "Dark Genesis" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the whole issue
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Required Swamp Thing #2: "The Man Who Wanted Forever" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the whole issue
Arcane's offer, read as abjection.