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Paperback / softback. New. When Agee agreed to write a five-part script for the infant television industry's series Omnibus, he had to work within his own and his society's ideological and institutional conflicts.
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James Agee, Omnibus, and Mr. Lincoln: The Culture of Liberalism and the Challenge of Television 1952-1953 Paperback - 2004
by William Hughes
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- Title James Agee, Omnibus, and Mr. Lincoln: The Culture of Liberalism and the Challenge of Television 1952-1953
- Author William Hughes
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 188
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scarecrow Press
- Date 2004-08-02
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780810851757 / 081085175X
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.6 x 0.52 in (21.44 x 14.22 x 1.32 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004007490
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.457
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- Choice, 03/01/2005, Page 1222
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New. In 1952 CBS, in conjunction with the Ford Foundation, launched Omnibus, a remarkable experiment in television. The objective was to raise the programming standards of an emerging medium that figured to profoundly influence American life. The centerpiece of Omnibus during its inaugural season was "Mr. Lincoln," a series of five films about the early life of our foremost political icon. James Agee, the distinguished American author, was the principal creator of "Mr. Lincoln." At the time, his scripts were hailed as 'the most beautiful writing ever done for television," and even today Agee's characterization of Lincoln remains " among the finest-perhaps the finest-film about Abraham Lincoln ever made." Regrettably, this important and sensitive work, a revealing expression of American culture at mid-century, has been consigned to the archives and has not been available to the public for many years. Author William Hughes aims to…
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