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Against Interpretation
- 304 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 1966
- 26 editions
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1 About this book
"'Against Interpretation' was Susan Sontag's 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 Sontag's 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."
- Literature, modern
- Addresses, essays
- History
- Criticism
- Modern Literature
- Interpretation
- 20th century
- Motion pictures
2 About Susan Sontag
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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