Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag (English) Paperback Book

Description: Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinkingAgainst Interpretation was Susan Sontags first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes some of Sontags best-known works, among them On Style, Notes on Camp, and the titular essay Against Interpretation, where Sontag argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a new critical approach to aesthetics. Back Cover A dazzling intellectual performance Vogue Against Interpretation was Susan Sontags first collection of essays and made her name as one of the most incisive thinkers of our time. Sontag was among the first critics to write about the intersection between high and low art forms, and to give them equal value as valid topics, shown here in her epoch-making pieces Notes on Camp and Against Interpretation. Here too are impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Lvi-Strauss, science-fiction movies, psychoanalysis and contemporary religious thought. Originally published in 1966, this collection has never gone out of print and has been a major influence on generations of readers, and the field of cultural criticism, ever since. Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetites The Times Author Biography Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Review A dazzling intellectual performance. Vogue Review Quote A dazzling intellectual performance. Vogue Details ISBN014119006X Author Susan Sontag Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2009 ISBN-10 014119006X ISBN-13 9780141190068 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1933 Death 2004 DEWEY 814.54 Media Book Short Title AGAINST INTERPRETATION & OTHER Language English Residence NY, US Series Penguin Modern Classics Imprint Penguin Classics Publication Date 2009-07-02 UK Release Date 2009-07-02 Alternative 9780141976471 Audience General NZ Release Date 2009-08-16 AU Release Date 2009-08-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133282962;

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