Against Interpretation

Subtitle: And Other Essays Author(s): Sontag, Susan Publisher: Picador USA Format: Paperback List Price:  Rs. 678 Category: Criticism ISBN-13: 9780312280864 ISBN-10: 0312280866 Language: English Pages: 336 Dimensions: 8.34x5.48x.89 in. Age Range: All Ages

Overview:

First published in 1966, this celebrated book--Sontag's first collection of essays--quickly became a modern classic, and has had an enormous influence in America and abroad on thinking about the arts and contemporary culture. As well as the title essay and the famous "Notes on Camp," Against Interpretation includes original and provocative discussions of Sartre, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, science-fiction movies, psychoanalysis, and contemporary religious thinking. This edition features a new afterword by Sontag.