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Going to Theater

by Susan Sontag

The Partisan Review, Winter 1964, pp. 95-102

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    2. Lawrence and Christ by Eugene Goodheart, pp. 42-59
    3. After the Profumo Case by Diana Trilling, pp. 60-75
    4. Hart Crane Near the End by Frederick Seidel, pp. 76-81
    5. The Hue and Cry by Mary McCarthy, pp. 82-94
    6. Going to Theater by Susan Sontag, pp. 95-102
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      1. Acid Test by John Simon
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    9. --- by Irving Howe, p. 260
    10. --- by Robert Lowell, p. 261
    11. --- by Dwight Macdonald, pp. 262-269
    12. --- by Lionel Abel, pp. 270-275
    13. --- by Mary McCarthy, pp. 276-277
    14. --- by William Phillips, pp. 278-283
    15. Going to Theater (and the Movies) by Susan Sontag, pp. 284-296
    16. Scrutiny by Reuben A. Brower, pp. 297-316
    17. Correspondence, p. 317
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    2. Wanderers by Richard G. Stern, pp. 352-362
    3. An Interview with Rolf Hochhuth by Patricia Marx, pp. 363-376
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    7. The Tunnel by Mark Strand, pp. 382-383
    8. The Endland Scene by Jonathan Miller, pp. 384-388
    9. Going to Theater, etc. by Susan Sontag, pp. 389-398
    10. Brought Very Close by B.S. Johnson, p. 399
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    25. Letters, p. 477
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    4. Art and the New York Avant-Garde by Max Kozloff, pp. 535-554
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