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Creative Nonfiction: James Agee

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Nonfiction: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), Agee on Film: Reviews and Comments (1958), Letters of James Agee to Father Flye (1962), James Agee Rediscovered: The Journals of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and Other New Manuscripts (2005, edited by Michael A. Lofaro and Hugh Davis)

Long Fiction: The Morning Watch (1951), A Death in the Family (1957)

Short Fiction: “A Mother’s Tale” (1952), Four Early Stories by James Agee (1964), The Collected Short Prose of James Agee (1968)

Screenplays: The Red Badge of Courage (1951, based on Stephen Crane’s novel), The African Queen (1952, based on C. S. Forester’s novel), The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (1952, based on Crane’s short story), Noa Noa (1953), White Mane (1953), Green Magic (1955), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Agee on Film: Five Film Scripts (1960)

Poetry: Permit Me Voyage (1934), The Collected Poems of James Agee (1968)

Journalism: Articles, Book Reviews, and Manuscripts (2013, edited by Paul Ashdown)

Film Criticism: Reviews, Essays, and Manuscripts (2017, edited by Charles Maland)

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This research guide was created by Emma Cowan, English Department Intern, Gumberg Library, March 2025. 

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