Susan Sontag: Later Essays (LOA #292): Under the Sign of

Susan Sontag: Later Essays (LOA #292): Under the Sign of Saturn / AIDS and its Metaphors / Where the Stress Falls / Regarding the Pain of Others / At ... (Library of America Susan Sontag Edition)

An unprecedented collection of the controversial later writings of the greatestÂ and most provocative critic of our time.

Susan Sontag was the most influential critic of her time. This second volume inÂ Library of America's definitive Sontag edition gathers all the collected essays andÂ speeches from her last quarter-century, brilliant works whose subjects, from theÂ AIDS epidemic, 9/11, the Iraq war, and the perverse allure of Fascism to painting,Â dance, music, film, and scintillating literary portraits of such writers as WalterÂ Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Antonin Artaud, Machado de Assis, Jorge Luis Borges,Â Nadine Gordimer, Joseph Brodsky, W. G. Sebald, Marina Tsvetayeva, and RobertÂ Walser, bear enduring witness to passionate curiosity and expansive intellect. SheÂ brings to every subject an unwavering focus and intensity, and a deep commitmentÂ to "extending our sense of what a human life can be," as she said on accepting theÂ Jerusalem Prize in 2000. An account of her 1993 residence in war-torn Sarajevo toÂ stage a production of Waiting for Godot becomes a meditation on the meaning ofÂ culture: "Culture, serious culture, is an expression of human dignity-which is whatÂ people in Sarajevo feel they have lost." AIDS and Its Metaphors marks a furtherÂ development of the central ideas of her classic Illness as Metaphor, whileÂ Regarding the Pain of Others explores eloquently the troubling moral issues surrounding photographic depictions of violence, cruelty, and atrocity.

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-03-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598535198

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-03-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781598535198

Susan Sontag: Later Essays (LOA #292): Under the Sign of Saturn / AIDS and its Metaphors / Where the Stress Falls / Regarding the Pain of Others / At ... (Library of America Susan Sontag Edition)

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