Against Interpretation And Other Essays
Author: Sontag, Susan
ISBN: 9780141190068
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 17 Aug 2009
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking
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.
ISBN: 9780141190068
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 17 Aug 2009
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking
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.
