| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Libel and life-writing -- Language lessons -- Words of love -- Choice words and political dramas -- Criticism versus libel -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Dick Cavett show (Television program)
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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Libel and slander -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Television talk shows -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Trials (Libel) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0300171803 (electronic bk.) |
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9780300171808 (electronic bk.) |
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