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

by Alan Ackerman

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300191960

ISBN13:9780300191967

Release Date:March 2013

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Related Subjects

20th Century Communication & Media Studies History Law Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Rules & Procedures Shows Social Science Social Sciences Witnesses

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