Susan Sontag

Here are a brief bio and a bibliography of Sontag. This page is good place to start your online research. Did any information on this page make you want to learn more about it?

This is a review of Sontag: The Making of an Icon. What does the title mean?

This page has photos, book covers, and info about a reading Sontag did. How reliable do you consider the information you found there? (In general, how can you tell if Internet information is reliable?)

Here's the first chapter of In America, Sontag's novel about an 18^th-century actress. How does her writing style in this excerpt compare to that found in your text? (Free registration required.)

Here is a collection of reviews about Sontag's work. What, if anything, can you tell about the works just from the reviews?

Would you like to put Sontag's work into a broader cultural context? This essay called "A Photograph Is Not an Opinion. Is It?" will help you.

Did you know that Sontag has contributed to a number of films? Click here for a Sontag filmography.

Here's some info about Sontag's work on illness, revolving around Illness as a Metaphor.

If you'd like to understand Sontag's work within a large social context, the homepage of the National Organization for Women is a good place to start.

Here's some commentary about Sontag's aesthetics. What does this author think of Sontag? Do you agree?