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* Kramer, Victor A., ''James Agee'', Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975. | * Kramer, Victor A., ''James Agee'', Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975. | ||
* Kramer, Victor A. (ed.), ''Agee: Selected Literary Documents'', Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1996. | * Kramer, Victor A. (ed.), ''Agee: Selected Literary Documents'', Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1996. | ||
| + | * Caroline Blinder (ed.), ''New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'', N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. | ||
* Durden, Mark (ed.), ''Fifty Key Writers on Photography'', N.Y.:Routlledge, 2013. | * Durden, Mark (ed.), ''Fifty Key Writers on Photography'', N.Y.:Routlledge, 2013. | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 5 December 2013
James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, screenwriter and film critic. Pulitzer Prizewinner (1958) for poshumous novel A death in the Family (1957). Agee is best known for Let Us Now Priase Famous Men (published 1941, written 1936-40), a prose account of 8 months visiting poor Alabama families in 1936 with photographer Walker Evans, whose pictures are integral to the project.
About Agee
Books
- Huse, Nancy Lyman, John Hersey and James Agee: A Reference Guide, Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1978.
- Kramer, Victor A., James Agee, Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975.
- Kramer, Victor A. (ed.), Agee: Selected Literary Documents, Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1996.
- Caroline Blinder (ed.), New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Durden, Mark (ed.), Fifty Key Writers on Photography, N.Y.:Routlledge, 2013.
