03328nam 2200757 a 450 991096527490332120240418004337.09786613150615978128315061312831506119780300171808030017180310.12987/9780300171808(CKB)2550000000039908(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168167(SSID)ssj0000523689(PQKBManifestationID)11319497(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523689(PQKBWorkID)10542911(PQKB)11289259(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157751(MiAaPQ)EBC3420705(DE-B1597)486285(OCoLC)743097079(DE-B1597)9780300171808(Au-PeEL)EBL3420705(CaPaEBR)ebr10480875(CaONFJC)MIL315061(OCoLC)923595939(Perlego)1089853(EXLCZ)99255000000003990820101227d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrJust words Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the failure of public conversation in America /Alan Ackerman1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 361 p.) )portsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780300167122 0300167121 Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-341) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Libel and Life- Writing -- II. Language Lessons -- III. Words of Love -- IV. Choice Words and Political Dramas -- V. Criticism versus Libel -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexIn 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.Trials (Libel)New York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryTelevision talk showsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesLibel and slanderUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFreedom of speechUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTrials (Libel)HistoryTelevision talk showsPolitical aspectsLibel and slanderHistoryFreedom of speechHistoryPolitics and literatureHistory346.73/034Ackerman Alan L(Alan Louis)910594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965274903321Just words4365188UNINA