ISBN: 9781931082815 - james agee: let us now praise famous men / a death in the family / shorter fiction (loa #159) (library of america james agee edition, band 1) (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. 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 Library of America 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 sixty-four-page photo insert reproduces Evans?s now-iconic photographs from the expanded 1960 edition.A Death in the Family, the Pulitzer Prize?winning novel that he worked on for over a decade and that was published posthumously in 1957, recreates in stunningly evocative prose Agee?s childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the upheaval his family experienced after his father?s death in a car accident when Agee was six years old. A whole world, with its sensory vividness and social constraints, comes to life in this child?s-eye view of a few catastrophic days. It is presented here for the first time in a text with corrections based on Agee?s manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.This volume also includes The Morning Watch (1951), an autobiographical novella that reflects Agee?s deep involvement with religious questions, and three short stories: ?Death in the Desert,? ?They That Sow in Sorrow Shall Not Reap,? and the remarkable allegory ?A Mother?s Tale.?LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation?s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America?s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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 Library of America 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 sixty-four-page photo insert reproduces Evans?s now-iconic photographs from the expanded 1960 edition.A Death in the Family, the Pulitzer Prize?winning novel that he worked on for over a decade and that was published posthumously in 1957, recreates in stunningly evocative prose Agee?s childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the upheaval his family experienced after his father?s death in a car accident when Agee was six years old. A whole world, with its sensory vividness and social constraints, comes to life in this child?s-eye view of a few catastrophic days. It is presented here for the first time in a text with corrections based on Agee?s manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.This volume also includes The Morning Watch (1951), an autobiographical novella that reflects Agee?s deep involvement with religious questions, and three short stories: ?Death in the Desert,? ?They That Sow in Sorrow Shall Not Reap,? and the remarkable allegory ?A Mother?s Tale.?LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation?s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America?s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Limited edition. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. Sealed in manufacturer's shrink-wrap. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Edited by Michael Sragow. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, ivory slipcase. 818pp, (5pp). Numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers, sewn-in tan satin page marker. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition thus (volume 159) of this thick trio of writings, with 64 pages of Walker Evans photographs in this edition. Interesting autograph addition: Agee's autobiographical "A Death in the Family" was published posthumously in 1957, and in 1960 playwright Tad Mosel penned a stage version retitled "All the Way Home," for which he won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. In 1963 a film version was released, and tipped to an inner flyleaf of this volume on a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card is the bold signature of the sole living cast member: JOHN C. CULLUM signs in blue ballpoint, dating it 20 September 1969 at upper right. Cullum (born 1930) portrays Andrew; many remember him best as tavern owner Holling Vincoeur in the t.v. series "Northern Exposure" 91990-95). These slipcased L. of A. editions precede the dust jacketed version (published without slipcase). Cullum's original transmittal envelope is laid in, as is theLOA leaflet for this title laid in.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 818 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Library of America edition. Fine in fine slipcase.