A death in the family : a restoration of the author's text /
Agee, James, 1909-1955.
A death in the family : a restoration of the author's text / edited by Michael A. Lofaro. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2007. - xxxiii, 582 p. : port. ; 24 cm. - The works of James Agee ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references.
James Agee's A Death in the Family -- "towards the middle of the twentieth century" -- "This little boy you live in": Perceptions c. 1911-1912 -- The Surprise: 1912 -- "Enter the Ford": Travel, 1913-1916 -- May 17, 1916: The Day Before -- Daytime: May 18, 1916 -- Evening: May 18, 1916 -- Morning: May 19, 1916 -- "all the way home": The Last Day -- Textual Commentary and Notes -- Major Manuscript Variants -- Marginal Notes -- Word Choice Where No Preference Is Indicated -- Paragraphing -- Appendices -- I. How to Read the Corrected McDowell Edition of A Death in the Family from This Text and a Chart of Substantive Corrections to the Library of America Edition of A Death in the Family -- II. A Structural Comparison of the Restored and the McDowell Editions -- III. "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" -- IV. Agee's Memories of His Father's Accident and the Day Before -- V. Unfinished Draft of Agee's Letter to His Father -- VI. Unfinished Draft of Agee's Letter to His Mother -- VII. Letter from Agee's Mother [Mrs. Erskine (Laura Tyler Agee) Wright] Concerning A Death in the Family -- VIII. Outline and Possible Introduction to Agee's Massive Autobiographical Project and the Place of "This book" in It.
1572335947 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 9781572335943 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
2007011564
Agee, James, 1909-1955. Death in the family.
Boys--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Traffic accident victims--Fiction.
Knoxville (Tenn.)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
A death in the family : a restoration of the author's text / edited by Michael A. Lofaro. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2007. - xxxiii, 582 p. : port. ; 24 cm. - The works of James Agee ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references.
James Agee's A Death in the Family -- "towards the middle of the twentieth century" -- "This little boy you live in": Perceptions c. 1911-1912 -- The Surprise: 1912 -- "Enter the Ford": Travel, 1913-1916 -- May 17, 1916: The Day Before -- Daytime: May 18, 1916 -- Evening: May 18, 1916 -- Morning: May 19, 1916 -- "all the way home": The Last Day -- Textual Commentary and Notes -- Major Manuscript Variants -- Marginal Notes -- Word Choice Where No Preference Is Indicated -- Paragraphing -- Appendices -- I. How to Read the Corrected McDowell Edition of A Death in the Family from This Text and a Chart of Substantive Corrections to the Library of America Edition of A Death in the Family -- II. A Structural Comparison of the Restored and the McDowell Editions -- III. "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" -- IV. Agee's Memories of His Father's Accident and the Day Before -- V. Unfinished Draft of Agee's Letter to His Father -- VI. Unfinished Draft of Agee's Letter to His Mother -- VII. Letter from Agee's Mother [Mrs. Erskine (Laura Tyler Agee) Wright] Concerning A Death in the Family -- VIII. Outline and Possible Introduction to Agee's Massive Autobiographical Project and the Place of "This book" in It.
1572335947 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 9781572335943 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
2007011564
Agee, James, 1909-1955. Death in the family.
Boys--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Traffic accident victims--Fiction.
Knoxville (Tenn.)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.