Styles of Radical Will
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Styles of Radical Will, Susan Sontagâs second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in Against Interpretation with essays on film, literature, politics, and a groundbreaking study of pornography.
In âThe Aesthetics of Silence,â Sontag examines how silence mediates the role of art as a form of spirituality in an increasingly secular culture. âThe Pornographic Imaginationâ attempts to define and understand the genre of pornography. âWhatâs Happening in Americaâ muses on the state of the country in 1966 when the essay was written, discussing history, politics, and consumerism.
Other essays in Syles of Radical Will are "âThinking against Oneselfâ: Reflections on Cioran,â âTheatre and Film,â âBergmanâs Persona,â âGodard,â and âTrip to Hanoi.â
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Susan Sontag (1933â2004) was born in Manhattan and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard, and Oxford. She is the author of four novels, a collection of stories, several plays, and six books of essays, among them Against Interpretation and On Photography. Her books are translated into thirty-two languages. In 2001 she was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for the body of her work, and in 2003 she received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Tavia Gilbert is a producer, narrator, writer, and stage and film actor. A six-time Audie nominee and multiple Earphones and Parents' Choice Award winner, she has narrated more than 350 multi-cast and single-voice audiobooks.
