Against Interpretation and Other Essays
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays is a landmark 1966 collection of critical essays by Susan Sontag that helped redefine modern literary and cultural criticism.
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Target entity: Against Interpretation and Other Essays Context triple: [Susan Sontag, wrote, Against Interpretation and Other Essays]
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On Interpretation
On Interpretation is a foundational philosophical treatise by Aristotle that examines language, meaning, and the logical structure of propositions, laying groundwork for later logic and semantics.
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Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning
Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning is a philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores how discourse generates meanings beyond literal expression, contributing significantly to hermeneutic theory.
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Possible Worlds and Other Essays
Possible Worlds and Other Essays is a collection of influential scientific and philosophical essays by geneticist and evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane, exploring topics in biology, evolution, and the nature of science.
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Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Against Interpretation and Other Essays Target entity description: Against Interpretation and Other Essays is a landmark 1966 collection of critical essays by Susan Sontag that helped redefine modern literary and cultural criticism.
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A.
On Interpretation
On Interpretation is a foundational philosophical treatise by Aristotle that examines language, meaning, and the logical structure of propositions, laying groundwork for later logic and semantics.
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B.
Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning
Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning is a philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores how discourse generates meanings beyond literal expression, contributing significantly to hermeneutic theory.
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C.
Possible Worlds and Other Essays
Possible Worlds and Other Essays is a collection of influential scientific and philosophical essays by geneticist and evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane, exploring topics in biology, evolution, and the nature of science.
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D.
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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E.
The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Susan Sontag ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark work of modern criticism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Styles of Radical Will ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasEssay |
Against Interpretation
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Antonioni ⓘ
linked to:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Bergman ⓘ
linked to:
Ingmar Bergman
Bresson ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Bresson
Godard ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Luc Godard
Happenings: An Art of Radical Juxtaposition ⓘ Marat/Sade/Artaud ⓘ
linked to:
Marat/Sade
Notes on Camp ⓘ On Culture and the New Sensibility ⓘ On Style ⓘ One Culture and the New Sensibility ⓘ
linked to:
On Culture and the New Sensibility
Piety Without Content ⓘ Psychoanalysis and Art ⓘ Resnais ⓘ
linked to:
Alain Resnais
Spiritual Style in the Films of Robert Bresson ⓘ The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer ⓘ The Imagination of Disaster ⓘ Theatre and Film ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasTitleEssay | Against Interpretation ⓘ |
| influenced |
art criticism
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contemporary literary criticism ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating the slogan "In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art"
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challenging traditional hermeneutic approaches to art ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Susan Sontag bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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linked to:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| subject |
aesthetics
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film ⓘ literature ⓘ modern art ⓘ popular culture ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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