Against Interpretation

Against Interpretation

First edition
Author	Susan Sontag
Cover artist	Ellen Raskin
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Literary criticism
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date	1966
Media type	Print
ISBN	0-312-28086-6
OCLC	171772

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Against Interpretation (often published as Against Interpretation and Other Essays) is a 1966 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It includes some of Sontag's best-known works, including "On Style," and the eponymous essay "Against Interpretation." In the latter, Sontag argues that the new approach to criticism and aesthetics neglects the sensuous impact and novelty of art, instead fitting works into predetermined intellectual interpretations and emphasis on the "content" or "meaning" of a work. The book was a finalist for the Arts and Letters category of the National Book Award.^[1]