Just Words : Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the Failure of Public Conversation in America /

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 legiti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ackerman, Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Freedom of speech > History > 20th century > United States.
Freedom of speech > United States > History > 20th century.
Libel and slander > History > 20th century > United States.
Libel and slander > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > History > 20th century > United States > New York (State) > New York > United States.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Television talk shows > Political aspects > United States.
Trials (Libel) > History > 20th century > New York (State) > New York.
Trials (Libel) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (376 p.)
ISBN:9780300171808
9783110537994
Acceso:restricted access

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