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050 00 $aPS3569.O6547$bA6 2013
082 04 $a814.54$223
100 1 $aSontag, Susan,$d1933-2004,$eauthor.
240 10 $aEssays.$kSelections.$f2013
245 10 $aEssays of the 1960s & 70s /$cSusan Sontag ; David Rieff, editor.
246 3 $aEssays of the 1960s and 1970s
246 1 $aSusan Sontag, essays of the 1960s and 70s
246 18 $aSontag, essays of the 1960s & 70s
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bThe Library of America,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $aviii, 875 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aThe Library of America ;$v246
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAgainst 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?
520 $aWith 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 art." She would remain a catalyzing presence, whether writing about camp sensibility, the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais, her experiences as a traveler to Hanoi at the height of the Vietnam War, the aesthetics of science-fiction and pornography, or a range of modern thinkers from Simone Weil to E.M. Cioran. She opened dazzling new perspectives on any subject she addressed, whether the nature of photography or cultural attitudes toward illness. This volume, edited by Sontag's son David Rieff, presents the full texts of four essential books: Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will (1969), On Photography (1977), and Illness as Metaphor (1978). Also here as a special feature are six previously uncollected essays including studies of William S. Burroughs and the painter Francis Bacon and a series of reflections on beauty, aging, and the emerging feminist movement.
650 0 $aCriticism.
650 0 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAesthetics.
650 0 $aPhotography, Artistic.
650 0 $aTuberculosis in literature.
650 0 $aCancer in literature.
655 0 $aAmerican essays.
700 1 $aRieff, David,$eeditor.
700 12 $aSontag, Susan,$d1933-2004.$tAgainst interpretation, and other essays.
700 12 $aSontag, Susan,$d1933-2004.$tStyles of radical will.
700 12 $aSontag, Susan,$d1933-2004.$tOn photography.
700 12 $aSontag, Susan,$d1933-2004.$tIllness as metaphor.
830 0 $aLibrary of America ;$v246.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013930952-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013930952-b.html