Susan Sontag: The Elegaic ModernistA study of the American essayist and literary critic, Susan Sontag, which explores the foundations and direction of her work and examines in turn her achievements as a reviewer, film-maker, analyst of culture and author of such books as Notes on Camp and Illness as Metaphor. |
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