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The Second Coming Magazine, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1962) - contains the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer (slightly revised as Death and Art and the Utility of Despair)
by Edwards, Samuel Pitts (ed.), Susan Sontag (on Cesare Pavese), Pauline Kael, Paul Blackburn, Gottfried Benn, et al
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Second Coming Magazine, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon sixties cultural magazine, includes the original appearance of Susan Sontag's review of Pavese, "Death and Art and the Utility of Despair" (Poague & Parsons D4; later reworked slightly as "The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer" in "Against Interpretation"). Clean copy with some rubbing to covers, original newsstand contents label still attached.
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M5148
- Title
- The Second Coming Magazine, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1962) - contains the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer (slightly revised as Death and Art and the Utility of Despair)
- Author
- Edwards, Samuel Pitts (ed.), Susan Sontag (on Cesare Pavese), Pauline Kael, Paul Blackburn, Gottfried Benn, et al
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: The Second Coming Magazine
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Samuel Pitts Edwards Cesare Pavese Pauline Kael Paul Blackburn Gottfried Benn Susan Sontag Against Interpretation Second Coming Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 June 1962 The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer book review Death and Art and the Utility of Despair Sixt
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About the Seller
Philip Smith, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Berkeley, California
About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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