| Description |
214 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Critical lives
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Critical lives (London, England)
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| Summary |
In this new biography Jerome Boyd Maunsell assesses the astonishing scope of Sontag's life and work, tracing her growth during her academic career at Chicago, Oxford, the Sorbonne and Harvard, through her marriage to Philip Rieff at the age of 17, to the birth of her son David and her relationships with women. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210). |
| Contents |
Beginnings, 1933 - 1950 -- Notes on Marriage, 1951 - 1958 -- New York! New York! 1959 - 1965 -- Styles of Radical Will, 1966 - 1968 -- In Plato's Cave, 1968 - 1975 -- The Kingdom of the Sick, 1975 - 1988 -- Beginning Again, 1988 - 2000 -- The Pain of Others, 2000 - 2004 |
| Subject |
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. |
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. |
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Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Women authors, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781780232881 |
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1780232888 |
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