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Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon
Carl Rollyson
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Description for Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon
Paperback. This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs of those who knew her best. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGL; DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs of those who knew her best. The authors reveal as never before her early years in Tucson and Los Angeles, her conflicted relationship with her mother, her longing for her absent father, and her precocious achievements at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. Papers, diaries, and lecture notes, many accessible ... Read more
This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs of those who knew her best. The authors reveal as never before her early years in Tucson and Los Angeles, her conflicted relationship with her mother, her longing for her absent father, and her precocious achievements at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. Papers, diaries, and lecture notes, many accessible ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781628462371
SKU
V9781628462371
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About Carl Rollyson
Carl Rollyson, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA is professor of journalism at Baruch College, CUNY. His books include American Isis: The Life of Sylvia Plath; Amy Lowell: A New Biography; Confessions of a Serial Biographer; A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan; Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews; and Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated ... Read more
Reviews for Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon
Rollyson and Paddock's determined research, especially the interviews they conducted...make this book a valuable resource. - The Times Literary Supplement