Here's the first chapter
of In America, Sontag's novel about an 19th Century actress.
Did you know that Sontag also wrote novels? How does her writing style in this
excerpt compare to that found in your text? (Free registration required.)
This is an essay
about Antonin Artaud, a "renaissance man " sort of troubled artist who painted,
acted, and wrote. What is it about Artaud that made Sontag want to write an
essay about him, do you think?
Would you like to put Sontag's work into a broader cultural context? This essay
called "A Photograph Is Not an Opinion. Is it? " about women and photography
will help you in this regard.