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Susan Sontag
Daniel J. Schreiber
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Description for Susan Sontag
Paperback. "Originally published in German in 2007 under the title Susan Sontag: Geist und Glamour." Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was one of America's first celebrity intellectuals. In the first biography to be published since her death, Daniel Schreiber portrays a glamorous woman full of contradictions and inner conflicts, whose life mirrored the cultural upheavals of her time. While known primarily as a cultural critic and novelist, Sontag was also a filmmaker, stage director, and dramatist. It was her status as a pop icon that was unusual for an American intellectual: she was filmed by Andy Warhol and Woody Allen, photographed by Annie Leibovitz and Diane Arbus, and her likeness adorned advertisements for Absolut vodka. Drawing ... Read more
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was one of America's first celebrity intellectuals. In the first biography to be published since her death, Daniel Schreiber portrays a glamorous woman full of contradictions and inner conflicts, whose life mirrored the cultural upheavals of her time. While known primarily as a cultural critic and novelist, Sontag was also a filmmaker, stage director, and dramatist. It was her status as a pop icon that was unusual for an American intellectual: she was filmed by Andy Warhol and Woody Allen, photographed by Annie Leibovitz and Diane Arbus, and her likeness adorned advertisements for Absolut vodka. Drawing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125834
SKU
V9780810125834
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About Daniel J. Schreiber
Daniel Schreiberis a Berlin-based writer. An art and literary critic, he contributes to numerous German and Swiss magazines and newspapers, including Die Zeit, DU-das Kulturmagazin, Philosophie Magazin, Litera turen, and Weltkunst, as well as the radio station Deutschlandradio Kultur. He is a columnist for the daily taz-die tageszeitung, and his essays on art and culture appear in a number of ... Read more
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