Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
James Agee and Walker Evans co-authored Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men, which was published in 1941. Topically viewed,
the work resembles a documentary, a genre popular during
the 1930's, but Agee expanded this style of writing not
only to explore the lives of three tenant families but also
to show the exploitation of this damaged group of human
beings. concurrently, Agee turns the camera lens on his
audience in order that the reader may see the trapped,
possessed, and fertilized nature of life. Furthermore,
Agee assists the reader in understanding the process by
which a new art form is created, as he involves the critic
in a struggle with words. Agee demonstrates the embodiment
of the "actuality" of existence, the sorrow and the joy of
the human condition.
Famous Men, which was published in 1941. Topically viewed,
the work resembles a documentary, a genre popular during
the 1930's, but Agee expanded this style of writing not
only to explore the lives of three tenant families but also
to show the exploitation of this damaged group of human
beings. concurrently, Agee turns the camera lens on his
audience in order that the reader may see the trapped,
possessed, and fertilized nature of life. Furthermore,
Agee assists the reader in understanding the process by
which a new art form is created, as he involves the critic
in a struggle with words. Agee demonstrates the embodiment
of the "actuality" of existence, the sorrow and the joy of
the human condition.
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