Agee at 100 : centennial essays on the works of James Agee / edited by Michael A. Lofaro.

Other author Lofaro, Michael A., 1948-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Why Agee matters / Dwight Garner -- Agee on books / Paul Ashdown -- James Agee and the culture of repudiation / Jeffrey J. Folks -- Racial violence, receding bodies: James Agee's anatomy of guilt / James A. Crank -- A continuous center: centripetal and centrifugal tendencies in 'Let us now praise famous men' / Andrew Crooke -- A blind work of nature: the ethics of representing beauty in 'Let us now praise famous men' / Jesse Graves -- James Agee's 'A death in the family': personal identity and conflict in an emerging Appalachia / Michael A. Lofaro -- Maximum simple: the restored text of 'A death in the family' / Philip Stogdon -- Writing 'The African queen': variations on a classic film / Jeffrey Couchman -- The makers of 'In the street' and 'The quiet one' / John Wranovics -- James Agee's experimentally traditional 'Mr. Lincoln' / Jeffrey Couchman -- Agee and the Filipino epic 'Genghis Khan': a personal journey / John Wranovics -- Seeing Agee in Lincoln: a short story / David Madden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011041680
ISBN9781572338531 (hardcover)
ISBN1572338539 (hardcover)