Legacy James Agee



1st edition cover

houghton mifflin


the composer samuel barber set sections of descriptions of elysium permit me voyage music, composing song based on sure on shining night. in addition, set prose knoxville section of death in family in work soprano , orchestra entitled knoxville: summer of 1915. sure on shining night has been set music composers rené clausen, z. randall stroope , morten lauridsen.


in late 1979 filmmaker, ross spears, premiered film agee: sovereign prince of english language, later nominated academy award best documentary feature , awarded blue ribbon @ 1980 american film festival. agee featured james agee s friends, dwight macdonald, robert fitzgerald, robert saudek, , john huston, 3 women whom james agee had been married. in addition, father james harold flye featured interviewee. president jimmy carter speaks favorite book, let praise famous men.


the man lives here loony, one-act play knoxville-based songwriter , playwright rb morris, takes place in new york apartment during 1 night in agee s life. play has been performed @ venues around knoxville, , @ cornelia street cafe in greenwich village.








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