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Notes on Sontag /

Notes on Sontag is a frank, witty, and entertaining reflection on the work, influence, and personality of one of the "foremost interpreters of ... our recent contemporary moment." Adopting Sontag's favorite form, a set of brief essays or notes that circle around a topic from different...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lopate, Phillip, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Writers on writers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The judgment
  • Against interpretation
  • Early memories of Sontag
  • Politics and personae
  • Bêtes noires
  • Crisis as starting point
  • Are the arts progressive?
  • The stylistics of demystification
  • The aphoristic essay
  • The film essays
  • My favorite book of hers
  • Readers feeling stupid
  • The benefactor
  • Humor and seriousness
  • Death kit
  • Shallow America
  • The volcano lover
  • Performance, character, and theatre
  • Essay form, transgression, innovation
  • Don't get personal
  • Later memories of Sontag
  • Writings on photography
  • More on politics
  • On 9/11 and television
  • Greatness besieger
  • Illness and death.