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SUSAN SONTAG: ESSAYS OF THE 1960S & 70S: AGAINST INTERPRETATION, STYLES OF RADICAL WILL, ON PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLNESS AS METAPHOR
by Sontag, Susan (Author) & Rieff, David (Editor)
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- Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.
- ISBN 10
- 1598532553
- ISBN 13
- 9781598532555
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New York City, NY: Library Of America, 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Library Of America, 2013. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 900 pages. Retrospective collection of the author's greatest essays. The First Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a Slipcased Edition for distribution to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. The Slipcased Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. An austerely elegant production: Regular-sized volume format. Text by Susan Sontag edited and annotated by David Rieff. Cream hard board slipcase. Printed to the highest standards on acid-free paper, utilizing sewn binding, closely woven rayon cloth boards, satin bound-in ribbon marker, and a page layout that is both readable and elegant. The book is guaranteed to last for several generations of readers and collectors (despite frequent and regular use, the estimated life span of Library of America Editions is 1000 years; un-used, they will last forever). Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation" (1966), "Styles of Radical Will" (1969), "On Photography" (1977), and "Illness As Metaphor" (1978). Her first four collections of essays in their final form. The volume also includes five "Uncollected Essays", which appear in book form for the first time, notably "The Double Standard of Aging" and "The Third World of Women", which are indispensable to an understanding of Sontag as a cultural philosopher of the first rank. These previously unpublished essays alone are worth the price of entry. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Library of America Slipcased Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The First Slipcased Edition was distributed to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. A rare copy thus. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1598532553.
Synopsis
With the publication of her first book of criticism, Against Interpretation , in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultural and political transformation. “What is important now,” she wrote, “is to recover our senses . . . . In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.” She would remain a catalyzing presence, whether writing about camp sensibility, the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais, her experiences as a traveler to Hanoi at the height of the Vietnam War, the aesthetics of science-fiction and pornography, or a range of modern thinkers from Simone Weil to E. M. Cioran. She opened dazzling new perspectives on any subject she addressed, whether the nature of photography or cultural attitudes toward illness. This volume, edited by Sontag’s son David Rieff, presents the full texts of four essential books: Against Interpretation , Styles of Radical Will (1969), On Photography (1977), and Illness as Metaphor (1978). Also here as a special feature are six previously uncollected essays including studies of William S. Burroughs and the painter Francis Bacon and a series of reflections on beauty, aging, and the emerging feminist movement.
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- Title
- SUSAN SONTAG: ESSAYS OF THE 1960S & 70S: AGAINST INTERPRETATION, STYLES OF RADICAL WILL, ON PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLNESS AS METAPHOR
- Author
- Sontag, Susan (Author) & Rieff, David (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, As Issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 1598532553
- ISBN 13
- 9781598532555
- Publisher
- Library Of America
- Place of Publication
- New York City, NY
- Date Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 900
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