Walker Evans (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James R. Mellow
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1903-1975
- Setting: New York and Lyme, Connecticut
- Principal Characters: Walker Evans, Walker Evans, Jr., Jessie Beach Crane Evans, Jane Smith Ninas Evans, Hanns Skolle, Ralph Steiner, James Agee, Hart Crane, Lincoln Kirstein
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Arts
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, New York City, New England, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Connecticut, Photography or photographers, Photojournalism or photojournalists
- Locales: New York, Lyme, CT
The untimely death of James R. Mellow brought an end to a distinguished career. Mellow edited books and periodicals, wrote criticism of art and literature, and produced several impressive literary biographies. Each of them, he said, was meant to be not only a faithful portrait of his subject but also an accurate re- creation of an era. Mellow thought of his trilogy Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Company (1974), Invented Lives: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (1984), and Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences (1992) as a history of the lost generation and its...
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