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(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective

89

these do not vitiate his entire later critical work

—p.89 The literary criticism of Georg Lukács (82) by Susan Sontag
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these do not vitiate his entire later critical work

—p.89 The literary criticism of Georg Lukács (82) by Susan Sontag
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a Medieval Latin phrase meaning "the necessary changes having been made" or "once the necessary changes have been made"

90

Kafka is attacked by Lukács for the qualities which, mutatis mutandis, in the history of music, would have made him in Adorno's terms a "progressive"

—p.90 The literary criticism of Georg Lukács (82) by Susan Sontag
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Kafka is attacked by Lukács for the qualities which, mutatis mutandis, in the history of music, would have made him in Adorno's terms a "progressive"

—p.90 The literary criticism of Georg Lukács (82) by Susan Sontag
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a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

97

Of all the philosophers in the Hegelian tradition (and I include Heidegger), Sartre is the man who has understood the dialectic between self and other in Hegel's Phenomenology in the most interesting and usable fashion.

—p.97 Sartre's Saint Genet (93) by Susan Sontag
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Of all the philosophers in the Hegelian tradition (and I include Heidegger), Sartre is the man who has understood the dialectic between self and other in Hegel's Phenomenology in the most interesting and usable fashion.

—p.97 Sartre's Saint Genet (93) by Susan Sontag
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(adjective) marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; clamorous / (adjective) stubbornly resistant to control; unruly

106

with his obstreperous irony

—p.106 Nathalie Sarraute and the novel (100) by Susan Sontag
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with his obstreperous irony

—p.106 Nathalie Sarraute and the novel (100) by Susan Sontag
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(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased

109

what a tendentious definition of reality she proposes

—p.109 Nathalie Sarraute and the novel (100) by Susan Sontag
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what a tendentious definition of reality she proposes

—p.109 Nathalie Sarraute and the novel (100) by Susan Sontag
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the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

115

a playwright whose best works apotheosize the platitude

—p.115 Ionesco (115) by Susan Sontag
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a playwright whose best works apotheosize the platitude

—p.115 Ionesco (115) by Susan Sontag
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(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

125

of an exemplary or edifying nature

—p.125 Reflections on The Deputy (124) by Susan Sontag
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of an exemplary or edifying nature

—p.125 Reflections on The Deputy (124) by Susan Sontag
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(adj) hostile, obstructive

137

inimical to the pessimistic vision of tragedy

—p.137 The death of tragedy (132) by Susan Sontag
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inimical to the pessimistic vision of tragedy

—p.137 The death of tragedy (132) by Susan Sontag
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political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

153

the agitprop scheme of his play

—p.153 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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the agitprop scheme of his play

—p.153 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition

158

the somnambulistic concentration with which he did it

—p.158 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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the somnambulistic concentration with which he did it

—p.158 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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