Against Interpretation & Other Essays

"Against Interpretation" war Susan Sontags erste Essay-Sammlung und gehört seitdem zu den zeitgenössischen Klassikern. Seit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung im Jahr 1966 hat dieses Buch Generationen von Lesern in der ganzen Welt geprägt. Teil der Sammlung sind einige der berühmtesten Schriften der Autorin wie "On Style" und "Notes n 'Camp'".

Informationen zum Autor Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography , Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Klappentext Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics. Zusammenfassung Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.

Autorentext
Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004.

Klappentext

Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.

Zusammenfassung
Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.