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<p>Most widely noted for his acclaimed Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Death in the Family, Tennessee native James Agee was also a journalist, film critic, poet, and screenwriter.&nbsp; More than fifty years after Agee's untimely death, his canon of work continues to grow in popularity, and his ability to capture the human condition in all its forms remains unparalleled.</p> <p>Agee Agonistes is a compilation of seventeen essays from the James Agee Celebration hosted by the University of Tennessee in April 2005.&nbsp; The collection includes some of the best interpretations of Agee's work and explores the influences on his art, delineates the connections and syntheses he makes within his texts, and examines his involvement in music, ethics, surrealism, local and national history, cinema, television, poetry, literature, sociology, and journalism. The volume features never-before-seen pictures of Agee, previously unknown correspondence, and a remembrance by his oldest daughter, Deedee. The volume also includes the most extensive bibliography of secondary sources on Agee assembled to date.</p> <p>The essays are divided into four parts:</p> <p>Agee'

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Author

Michael A. Lofaro

Publisher

University of Tennessee Press; Univ Tennessee Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781572335745

Category

biography

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

2.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14