About the author

Only limited public information is available about Cheng Wei, who can currently be confirmed as mainly engaged in writing on foreign literature and literary appreciation. Six of the author's works are held in the collection, including the 2011 and 2018 editions of Against Interpretation, as well as Illness as Metaphor and its 2018 edition and the bilingual Sontag collection Illness as Metaphor. The works are commonly classified under literary appreciation, foreign literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, and inspirational growth, suggesting that the writing centers on Sontag and her literary theory, taking the form of commentary and introductory guides that balance scholarly substance with readability. Beyond this bibliographic information, biographical details are not recorded in the collection; readers may consult the relevant editions and translator's notes to learn more about the specific arguments.

Written (6)

Against Interpretation cover
Rating 4.5
Against Interpretation Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2021 Against Interpretation is one of Susan Sontag's most famous collections and the work that established her reputation as America's "most acute critic o…
Illness as Metaphor cover
Rating 4.5
Illness as Metaphor Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 One of Susan Sontag's most celebrated works of cultural criticism, this volume collects two landmark essays: "Illness as Metaphor" and "AIDS and Its M…
Against Interpretation (2018 Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
Against Interpretation (2018 Edition) Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Against Interpretation is one of Susan Sontag's most famous essay collections, the breakthrough work that established her standing as America's "most …
Illness as Metaphor (2018 Edition) cover
Rating 4.3
Illness as Metaphor (2018 Edition) Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Illness as Metaphor collects two major essays by Susan Sontag, "Illness as Metaphor" and "AIDS and Its Metaphors." In these essays Sontag reflects on …
Bilingual Chinese-English Edition of Susan Sontag's Collected Works: Illness as Metaphor cover
Rating 4.2
Bilingual Chinese-English Edition of Susan Sontag's Collected Works: Illness as Metaphor Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Illness as Metaphor collects two major essays by Susan Sontag, "Illness as Metaphor" and "AIDS and Its Metaphors," in which she reflects on and critiq…
Against Interpretation (2011 Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Against Interpretation (2011 Edition) Susan Sontag / 程巍 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2015 One of Susan Sontag's most famous collections of essays, this book established her reputation in America as 'the keenest essayist of our time.' Her cr…

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