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Against Interpretation
First edition
AuthorSusan Sontag
Cover artistEllen Raskin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLiterary criticism
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
1966
Media typePrint
ISBN0-312-28086-6
OCLC171772

Against Interpretation (often published as Against Interpretation and Other Essays) is a 1966 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It includes some of Sontag's best-known works, including "On Style," and the eponymous essay "Against Interpretation." In the latter, Sontag argues that the new approach to criticism and aesthetics neglects the sensuous impact and novelty of art, instead fitting works into predetermined intellectual interpretations and emphasis on the "content" or "meaning" of a work. The book was a finalist for the Arts and Letters category of the National Book Award.[1]

  1. ^ "National Book Awards - 1967". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

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