A Susan Sontag Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0374272158
- ISBN-13
- 9780374272159
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 446
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982-01-01
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Susan Sontag
Description
Selections from the noted writer's past books, arranged chronologically, include excerpts from her novels and short-story collection, famous essays from the 1960s, pieces from her two subsequent essay collections, and part of "On Photography"
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