Where The Stress Falls
''Where the Stress Falls'', published in 2001, is the last collection of essays published by Susan Sontag before her death in 2004. The essays vary between her experiences in the theater to book reviews. Contents The 41 pieces in the book are divided into three sections as follows: ;"Reading" *"A Poet's Prose"Originally written as an introduction to Marina Tsvetaeva's ''Captive Spirit: Selected Prose'' (1983). *"Where the Stress Falls"First appeared in 2001 in '' The New Yorker''. *"Afterlives: The Case of Machado de Assis"Originally written as the foreword to a reprinting of Machado de Assis's '' Epitaph of a Small Winner'' (1990). *"A Mind in Mourning"First appeared in 2000 in '' The Times Literary Supplement''. *"The Wisdom Project"First appeared in 2001 in '' The New Republic''. *"Writing Itself: On Roland Barthes"Originally written as an introduction to ''A Barthes Reader'', which Sontag edited (1982). *"Walser's Voice"Originally written as a preface to Robert Walser's ' ...
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Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include the critical works '' Against Interpretation'' (1966), '' Styles of Radical Will'' (1968), '' On Photography'' (1977), and '' Illness as Metaphor'' (1978), as well as the