Description:
This book offers its readers a scholarly examination of Sontag's essays within the context of philosophy and aesthetics. This study constructs a dialogue between her works and their philosophical counterparts in France and Germany, which includes Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, and Walter Benjamin.
Review Quotes: "Susan Sontag's public scholarship has been woefully under-read, and has a great deal to tell us in our current society and moment. Dr. Fulk's book offers an important lens on this vital voice and set of essays, and should advance both Sontag studies and American Studies in significant ways as a result." Ben Railton, Professor of English Studies, Fitchburg State University