{"product_id":"a-susan-sontag-reader-paperback","title":"A Susan Sontag Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Sontag occupies a special place in Modern American letters. She has become our most important critic, while her brilliant novels and short fiction are, at long last, getting the recognition they deserve. Sontag is above all a writer, which is only to say that, though the form may differ, there is an essential unity in all her work. The truth of this is perhaps more evident in \u003ci\u003eA Susan Sontag Reader \u003c\/i\u003ethan in any of Sontag's individual books. The writer selected a sampling of her work, meaning the choice both to reflect accurately a career and also to guide the reader toward those qualities and concerns which she prizes in her own writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Susan Sontag Reader \u003c\/i\u003eis arranged chronologically and draws on most of Sontag's books. There are selections from her two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath Kit, \u003c\/i\u003e and from her collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eI, etcetera. \u003c\/i\u003eThe famous essays from the 1960s--\"Against Interpretation,\" \"Notes on Camp,\" and \"On Style\"--which established Sontag's reputation and can be fairly said to have shaped the cultural views of a generation are included, as are selctions from her two subsequent volumes of essays, \u003ci\u003eStyles of Radical Will \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sign of Satury.\u003c\/i\u003eA part of Sontag's best-selling \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is also included. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is astonishing to read these works when they are detached from the books they appeared in and offered instead in the order in which Sontag wrote them. The connections between various literary forms, the progression of themes, are revealed in often startling ways. Moreover, Sontag has included a long interview in which she moves mroe informally over the whole range of her concerns and of her work. The volume ends with \"Writing Itself,\" a previously uncollected essay on Roland Barthes which, in the eyes of many, is one of Sontag's finest achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection is, in a sense, both a self-potrait and a key for a reader to understand the work of one of the most imporant writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag \u003c\/b\u003ewas the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eIn America\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2000 National Book Award for Fiction; a collection of stories; several plays; and seven works of nonfiction. She died in New York City on December 28, 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 9.04 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984051339565,"sku":"9780374535476","price":29.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aDRqNC8xUWNaelFlUXdEaVg4RmltZz09.webp?v=1776081621","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-susan-sontag-reader-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}