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'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.' These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundarie

On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the

Contains sixteen essays. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, this title includes these essays tha

Includes ardent pieces on writers from the author's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W G Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwic

Features a critique of photography that asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. This title examines th

Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.

‘Nog altijd domineert Over fotografie het denken over fotografie. De schrijfstijl is vintage Sontag: trefzeker, stoer en stellig. Ze bracht de angsten

Features an analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. This title alters our thinking about the uses and meanings of images, and about the n

'Magnificent... Her famous seriousness pervades throughout... What's striking is the astonishing scope, potential and possibility Sontag saw in short

A story inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karo

'I intend to do everything ...I shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly ...everythin

With the publication of her first book of criticism, Against Interpretation, in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultur

‘A brilliant, glittering intelligence’ Sunday Times On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial

Susan Sontag geldt bijna twintig jaar na haar dood nog steeds als een van de grootste, origineelste Amerikaanse denkers. Geen ander weet culturele fen

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was een Duits-Joodse schrijver die in de jaren 1920-1930 enkele filosofische werken publiceerde, maar zich vooral profilee

De Amerikaanse pionier van de moderne dans Isadora Duncan tart de normen en wetten van haar tijd, zowel in haar persoonlijke leven als in haar kunst.

Ongepubliceerd tijdens Taubes’ leven en pas recentelijk herontdekt. Treurzang voor Julia, geschreven voor haar enige roman Scheiden (1969), is een bri

Limbricht, nabij Sittard, eind zeventiende eeuw. Haar leven lang is Entgen Luijten gewend haar eigen weg te gaan, in familiekwesties, in zaken en in d