Knoxville: Summer 1915 by James Agee, rare Caliban Press limited ed., 1986

by James Agee

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Jame Agee prose poem, "Knoxville: Summer 1915". Caliban Press edition, 1986. Press run limited to 125 copies; this copy is #50. 6.5" wide x 9" high. Near-fine condition; slight staining on front cover, otherwise unmarked. Spine is unscuffed black leather, which appears shiny in photographs. Agee originally wrote this piece in 1938 in the voice of a child in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he grew up. Agee's father died in 1916 when he was five years old. "Knoxville: Summer 1915" later became an italicized preface to his novel A Death in the Family. In 1947 it became the text for a Samuel Barber work for voice and orchestra, which premiered in 1948.

• Publisher: Caliban Press
• Year: 1986
• Condition: Very Good

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