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PublisherPicador

ISBN-100312420218

ISBN-139780312420215

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Book TitleStyles of Radical Will

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Poetry, Essays

Publication Year2002

FeaturesRevised

GenreLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

AuthorSusan Sontag

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN2001-058071

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsIt should be remembered that Miss Sontag has now written four of the most valuable intellectual documents of the past ten years: 'Against Interpretation,' 'Notes on Camp,' The Aesthetics of Silence,' and 'Trip to Hanoi.' In the world in which she's chosen to live, she continues to be the best there is., [Susan Sontag] is one of the most interesting and valuable critics we possess, a writer from whom it's continually possible to learn., Miss Sontag emerges from Styles of Radical Will . . . as an open and vulnerable intellect, a consciousness in process of transformation . . . Her first essay, 'The Aesthetics of Silence' is a brilliant and important account of Western tradition of artistic revolt against language, against thinking, against consciousness., "Susan Sontag's essays are great interpretations and even fulfillments of what is really going on."- Carlos Fuentes "[Susan Sontag] is one of the most interesting and valuable critics we possess, a writer from whom it's continually possible to learn."- Richard Gilman, The New Republic "She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience."- Time magazine "Miss Sontag emerges from Styles of Radical Will . . . as an open and vulnerable intellect, a consciousness in process of transformation . . . Her first essay, 'The Aesthetics of Silence' is a brilliant and important account of Western tradition of artistic revolt against language, against thinking, against consciousness."- Robert Sklar, The Nation "It should be rememberedthat Miss Sontag has now written four of the most valuable intellectual documents of the past ten years: 'Against Interpretation,' 'Notes on Camp,' The Aesthetics of Silence,' and 'Trip to Hanoi.' In the world in which she's chosen to live, she continues to be the best there is."- The New York Times Book Review, "Susan Sontag's essays are great interpretations and even fulfillments of what is really going on."- Carlos Fuentes "[Susan Sontag] is one of the most interesting and valuable critics we possess, a writer from whom it's continually possible to learn."- Richard Gilman, The New Republic "She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience."- Time magazine "Miss Sontag emerges from Styles of Radical Will . . . as an open and vulnerable intellect, a consciousness in process of transformation . . . Her first essay, 'The Aesthetics of Silence' is a brilliant and important account of Western tradition of artistic revolt against language, against thinking, against consciousness."- Robert Sklar, The Nation "It should be remembered that Miss Sontag has now written four of the most valuable intellectual documents of the past ten years: 'Against Interpretation,' 'Notes on Camp,' The Aesthetics of Silence,' and 'Trip to Hanoi.' In the world in which she's chosen to live, she continues to be the best there is."- The New York Times Book Review, "Susan Sontag's essays are great interpretations and even fulfillments of what is really going on."-Carlos Fuentes "[Susan Sontag] is one of the most interesting and valuable critics we possess, a writer from whom it's continually possible to learn."-Richard Gilman, The New Republic "She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience."-Time magazine "Miss Sontag emerges from Styles of Radical Will . . . as an open and vulnerable intellect, a consciousness in process of transformation . . . Her first essay, 'The Aesthetics of Silence' is a brilliant and important account of Western tradition of artistic revolt against language, against thinking, against consciousness."-Robert Sklar, The Nation "It should be remembered that Miss Sontag has now written four of the most valuable intellectual documents of the past ten years: 'Against Interpretation,' 'Notes on Camp,' The Aesthetics of Silence,' and 'Trip to Hanoi.' In the world in which she's chosen to live, she continues to be the best there is."-The New York Times Book Review, She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience., "Susan Sontag's essays are great interpretations and even fulfillments of what is really going on." -- Carlos Fuentes "[Susan Sontag] is one of the most interesting and valuable critics we possess, a writer from whom it's continually possible to learn." -- Richard Gilman, The New Republic "She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience." -- Time magazine "Miss Sontag emerges from Styles of Radical Will . . . as an open and vulnerable intellect, a consciousness in process of transformation . . . Her first essay, 'The Aesthetics of Silence' is a brilliant and important account of Western tradition of artistic revolt against language, against thinking, against consciousness." -- Robert Sklar, The Nation "It should be remembered that Miss Sontag has now written four of the most valuable intellectual documents of the past ten years: 'Against Interpretation,' 'Notes on Camp,' The Aesthetics of Silence,' and 'Trip to Hanoi.' In the world in which she's chosen to live, she continues to be the best there is." -- The New York Times Book Review

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Table Of ContentI. The Aesthetics of Silence The Pornographic Imagination "Thinking Against Oneself": Reflections on Cioran II. Theatre and Film Bergman's Persona Godard III. What's Happening in America (1966) Trip to Hanoi

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisStyles of Radical Will , Susan Sontag's second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in Against Interpretation with essays on film, literature, politics, and a groundbreaking study of pornography.

LC Classification NumberAC8.S6484 2002