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Susan Sontag : essays on the 1960s and 70s : against interpretation, styles of radical will, on photography, illness as a metaphor, uncollected essays / edited by David Rieff

by Susan Sontag, David Rieff

This collection includes four complete works and six uncollected essays focusing on aesthetics, photography, and the cultural perception of illness. The volume provides a critical analysis of modern philosophy, media, and social transformations.

Accession 9200 ISBN 9781598532555 Publisher Library of America (Firm)
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