Styles of Radical Will
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Styles of Radical Will
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Styles of Radical Will
A collection of essays that contains some of the important pieces of criticism of the twentieth century, including the classics "The Aesthetics of Silence", an account of language, thought and consciousness, and "Trip to Hanoi", written during the Vietnam War. It features writings on art, film, literature and politics.
Styles of Radical Will is Susan Sontag's second collection of groundbreaking essays, now available in Penguin Modern Classics.
This collection features some of the most significant pieces of criticism from the twentieth century. Among them are the classics "The Aesthetics of Silence," offering a brilliant account of language, thought, and consciousness, and "Trip to Hanoi," penned during the Vietnam War.
The collection also includes a compelling analysis of America's identity and future, alongside a robust and surprising discussion of pornography. Further enriching the compilation are writings on art, film, literature, and politics, all testament to Sontag's incisive and wide-ranging intellectual engagement.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Styles of Radical Will is praised for its insightful essays, which profoundly interpret and even extend the essence of contemporary cultural and artistic discussions.

Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780141190051
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 219g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include Against Interpretation, On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, AIDS and its Metaphors and Regarding the Pain of Others. She is also the author of four novels, a collection of stories and several plays. Her books are translated into thirty-two languages. In 2001 she was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for the body of her work, and in 2003 she received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Penguin will publish Sontag on Film in October 2016.
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