Notes on Camp

Susan Sontag

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Penguin
26 February 2018

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Popular culture; Material culture

Series: Mini Modern Classics

Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry

'The ultimate Camp statement- it's good because it's awful.'

These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation.

By: Susan Sontag
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 161mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 44g
ISBN: 9780241339701
ISBN 10: 0241339707
Series: Mini Modern Classics
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 26 February 2018
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include Against Interpretation, On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, AIDS and its Metaphors and Regarding the Pain of Others. She is also the author of four novels, a collection of stories and several plays. 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. She died in December 2004.