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One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life.
One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1968 AD · modern
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- Susan Sontag
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1968 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1933 to 2004; Wikidata Q152824, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152824 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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