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Against Interpretation
Essay · 1966
Susan Sontag
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Essay 1966

Against Interpretation

form before meaningerotics of artinterpretive refusal
Director
Susan Sontag
Year
1966
Region
United States
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"'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 some of Sontag's best-known works, among them "On Style", "Notes on 'Camp", and the t...

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form before meaning form before meaningerotics of art
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Susan Sontag, 1966 — Against Interpretation

"'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 some of Sontag's best-known works, among them "On Style", "Notes on 'Camp", and the t...

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"'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 some of Sontag's best-known works, among them "On Style", "Notes on 'Camp", and the t...
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