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History of Ideas: Susan Sontag

Past Present Future

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Exploring an Essay about Susan Sontag

The chapter explores an essay that delves into Susan Sontag's determination to establish herself as a great writer and her obsession with courage. It recounts an amusing anecdote of Sontag's indifference towards the speaker at a celebrity-filled dinner party and concludes with a discussion on the importance of an erotics of art.

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