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Against Interpretation, and Other Essays
- Author
- Susan Sontag
- Narrator
- Tavia Gilbert
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 17 April 2018
- Run Time
- 12 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 the famous essays “Notes on Camp” and “Against Interpretation,” as well as her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss, science fiction movies, psychoanalysis, and contemporary religious thought.
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Details
- Author
- Susan Sontag
- Narrator
- Tavia Gilbert
- Duration
- 12 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 April 2018
- ISBN
- 9781538537367
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Literary essays, Literary theory, Semiotics / semiology, Popular culture
Synopsis
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 the famous essays “Notes on Camp” and “Against Interpretation,” as well as her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss, science fiction movies, psychoanalysis, and contemporary religious thought.
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