CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Translator’s Note vii
4. 1. Approaching Abjection 1
5. 2. Something to Be Scared of 33
6. 3. From Filth to Defilement 57
7. 4. Semiotics of Biblical Abomination 91
8. 5. . . . Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi 115
9. 6. Céline: Neither Actor nor Martyr 135
10. 7. Suffering and Horror 142
11. 8. Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite 160
12. 9. “Ours to Jew or Die” 178
13. 10. In the Beginning and Without End . . . 193
14. 11. Powers of Horror 213
15. Note 217
16. Index 229