Sontag
[son-tag]
- Susan,1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
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Contemporary Examples
After steeping in this environment for a year, Sontag became the high priestess of French avant-garde culture.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi
April 6, 2012
By the time Sontag made it to Paris in 1957, the intellectual energy in Paris was already legendary.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi
April 6, 2012
But, as Sontag asked rhetorically, “Was Camus a thinker of importance?”
Historical Examples
Then he asked Gottdank, the rgisseur; How did little Sontag get on?
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
He was going to send it, together with Sontag's portrait, to the exhibition at Paris.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)George Eliot
Sontag, the astronomer of Dr. Hay's Expedition, thus lost his life.
My Attainment of the PoleFrederick A. Cook
Hayes waited week after week, but no news came from either Sontag or Hans.
Explorers and TravellersAdolphus W. Greely
For this journey Sontag volunteered, and with him went Hans as dog-driver.
Explorers and TravellersAdolphus W. Greely
Sontag
- Susan. 1933–2004, US intellectual and essayist, noted esp for her writings on modern culture. Her works include `Notes on Camp' (1964), `Against Interpretation' (1968), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978), and the novel The Volcano Lover (1992)
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