# Against Interpretation and Other Essays

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- Book: [Against Interpretation and Other Essays](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-sontag/against-interpretation-and-other-essays) ([Against Interpretation and Other Essays.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-sontag/against-interpretation-and-other-essays.md))
- Authors: [Susan Sontag](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-sontag)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-006-8
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2009-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes some of Sontag's best-known works, among them 'On Style', 'Notes on 'Camp'', and the titular essay 'Against Interpretation', where Sontag argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a new critical approach to aesthetics.