Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant FamiliesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 - 416 pages The American classic, in words and photographs, of three tenant families in the deep South. Published nearly sixty years ago, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men stands as an undisputed American masterpiece, taking its place alongside works by Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman. In a stunning blend of prose and images, this classic offers at once an unforgettable portrait of three tenant families in the Deep South and a larger meditation on human dignity and the American soul. In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. There they lived with three different families for a month; the result of their stay was an extraordinary collaboration, an unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Upon its first book publication in 1941, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was called intensely moving, unrelentingly honest. It described a mode of life -- and rural poverty -- that was unthinkably remote and tragic to most Americans, and yet for Agee and Evans, only extreme realism could serve to make the world fully aware of such circumstances. Today it stands as a poetic tract for its time, a haunting search for the human and religious meaning in the lives of true Southern heroes: in their waking, sleeping, eating; their work; their houses and children; and their endurance. With an elegant design and a sixty-four-page photographic prologue of Evans's stunning images, reproduced from archival negatives, the new edition introduces the legendary author and photographer to a new generation. Both an invaluable part of the American heritage and a graceful tribute to the vibrant souls whose stories live in these pages, this book has profoundly changed our culture and our consciousness -- and will continue to inspire for generations to come. |
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... things about him . He seemed to model , fight , and stroke his phrases as he talked . The talk , in the end , was his great distin- guishing feature . He talked his prose , Agee prose . It was hardly a twen- tieth - century style ; it ...
... things about him . He seemed to model , fight , and stroke his phrases as he talked . The talk , in the end , was his great distin- guishing feature . He talked his prose , Agee prose . It was hardly a twen- tieth - century style ; it ...
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... things , the reflection of one resolute , private rebellion . Agee's rebellion was unquenchable , self - damaging , deeply principled , infinitely costly , and ultimately priceless . New York , 1960 Preface ( Serious readers are advised ...
... things , the reflection of one resolute , private rebellion . Agee's rebellion was unquenchable , self - damaging , deeply principled , infinitely costly , and ultimately priceless . New York , 1960 Preface ( Serious readers are advised ...
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Table des matières
I | xi |
II | xv |
III | 5 |
IV | 8 |
V | 23 |
VI | 29 |
VII | 35 |
VIII | 41 |
XV | 156 |
XVI | 162 |
XVII | 167 |
XVIII | 170 |
XIX | 176 |
XX | 183 |
XXI | 192 |
XXII | 233 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families James Agee,Walker Evans Affichage d'extraits - 1988 |
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