Let us Now Praise Famous Men

Informationen zum Autor James Agee,Walker Evans Klappentext In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was first published to enourmous critical acclaim. This unspairing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: AGEE, Evans Agee, James Agee, Agee James, Evans, Walker Evans, Blake Morrison
• Con la collaborazione di: Blake Morrison (Introduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.04.2006
• EAN: 9780141188492
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118849-2
• Pagine: 512
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 196 mm x 27 mm
• Serie: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; USA, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Rural communities, United States of America, USA, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography