Just words : Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the failure of public conversation in America
by
Ackerman, Alan L. (Alan Louis)
Title
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Just words : Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the failure of public conversation in America
Author
:
Ackerman, Alan L. (Alan Louis)
ISBN
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9780300171808
Publication Information
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New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 361 pages) : illustrations
Abstract
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In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the critic Mary McCarthy glibly remarked that every word author Lillian Hellman wrote was a lie, "including 'and' and 'the.'" Hellman immediately filed a libel suit, charging that McCarthy's comment was not a legitimate conversation on public issues but an attack on her reputation. This intriguing book offers a many-faceted examination of Hellman's infamous suit and explores what it tells us about tensions between privacy and self-expression, freedom and restraint in public language, and what can and cannot be said in public in America.
Personal Subject
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984-Trials, litigation, etc.
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989-Trials, litigation, etc.
Title Subject
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Dick Cavett show (Television program)
Dick Cavett show (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01780707
Subject Term
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Trials (Libel) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Television talk shows -- Political aspects -- United States.
Libel and slander -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 375617-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |