Essays of the 1960s & 70s

Essays of the 1960s & 70s / Susan Sontag ; David Rieff, editor.

With the publication of her first book, Against Interpretation, in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultural and political transformation. "What is important now," she wrote, "is to recover our senses ... In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of...

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Main Author: Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Author)
Other Authors: Rieff, David (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Library Of America, [2013]
Series:Library of America ; 246.
Subjects:
Criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Aesthetics.
Photography, Artistic.
Tuberculosis in literature.
Cancer in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Against interpretation and other essays (1966)
  • Styles of radical will (1969)
  • On photography (1977)
  • Illness as metaphor (1978)
  • Uncollected essays. William Burroughs and the novel
  • The double standard of aging
  • The third world of women
  • Francis Bacon : "About being in pain"
  • A woman's beauty : put-down or power source?
  • Beauty : how will it change next?

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