Format:
[64], 818 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9781931082815
,
1931082812
Series Statement:
The library of America 159
Content:
A passionate literary innovator, eloquent in language and uncompromising in his social observation and his pursuit of emotional truth, James Agee (1909- 1955) excelled as novelist, critic, journalist, and screenwriter. In his brief, often turbulent life, he left enduring evidence of his unwavering intensity, observant eye, and sometimes savage wit. This volume collects his fiction along with his extraordinary experiment in what might be called prophetic journalism, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), a collaboration with photographer Walker Evans that began as an assignment from Fortune magazine to report on the lives of Alabama sharecroppers, and that expanded into a vast and unique mix of reporting, poetic meditation, and anguished self-revelation that Agee described as "an effort in human actuality." A 64-page photo insert reproduces Evans's now iconic photographs from the expanded 1960 edition.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [811] - 818
,
Let us now praise famous men -- The morning watch -- A death in the family -- Stories: Death in the desert -- They that sow in sorrow shall reap -- A mother's tale
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Alabama
;
Baumwollanbau
;
Pächter
;
Familie
;
Geschichte 1936
;
Erlebnisbericht
Author information:
Evans, Walker 1903-1975
Author information:
Agee, James 1909-1955
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