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Against Interpretation, and Other Essays

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3.9

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12H 6min
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English
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Non-Fiction

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.

© 2018 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781538537367

Release date

Audiobook: 17 April 2018

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