[LITERATURE] SONTAG, Susan

Against Interpretation and Other Essays [Signed]

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); white cloth, titled in red and black on spine; dark pink topstain; dustjacket; xii,[3],4-304,[4]pp. Signed by the author along the upper margin of the title page. Some wear to spine ends, sunning to upper and lower board edges, with the usual tanning to the text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), edgeworn, lightly dust-soiled, with several tiny tears to extremities; Very Good+.

Sontag's second book and first book of non-fiction, gathering 26 essays on literature, art, and culture written between 1961-65. Among these are some of Sontag's best known works, including "Notes on Camp," "On Style," and "Against Interpretation," in which she discusses the divisions between two different kinds of art criticism and theory. One of the key books of the 1960s. 84602.

Price: $1,000.00

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