Against Interpretation and Other Essays (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Susan Sontag
- First Published: 1966
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Culture, Ideology, Philosophy or philosophers, Authors or writers, Literature, Education or educators, Art or artists, Writing, Books, Creative process, Symbolism, Popular culture, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Anthropology or anthropologists, Avant-garde
The Work
Susan Sontag created a sensation in the mid-1960’s with her essay “Against Interpretation.” Although she made it clear that she was not against all interpretation of works of art, her position quickly became associated with the idea of art for art’s sake—that is, with a concern only with form and style, not with morality and content. She later conceded that her approach was too polemical; she was attacking message-mongering critics but left herself open to the charge of being amoral. She later corrected her position in Under the Sign of Saturn (1980),...
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