LEADER 03328nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910965274903321 005 20240418004337.0 010 $a9786613150615 010 $a9781283150613 010 $a1283150611 010 $a9780300171808 010 $a0300171803 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300171808 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039908 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168167 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10542911 035 $a(PQKB)11289259 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157751 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420705 035 $a(DE-B1597)486285 035 $a(OCoLC)743097079 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300171808 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480875 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL315061 035 $a(OCoLC)923595939 035 $a(Perlego)1089853 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039908 100 $a20101227d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJust words $eLillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the failure of public conversation in America /$fAlan Ackerman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 361 p.) )$cports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780300167122 311 08$a0300167121 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-341) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. Libel and Life- Writing -- $tII. Language Lessons -- $tIII. Words of Love -- $tIV. Choice Words and Political Dramas -- $tV. Criticism versus Libel -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aTrials (Libel)$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTelevision talk shows$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLibel and slander$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFreedom of speech$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTrials (Libel)$xHistory 615 0$aTelevision talk shows$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aLibel and slander$xHistory 615 0$aFreedom of speech$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 676 $a346.73/034 700 $aAckerman$b Alan L$g(Alan Louis)$0910594 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965274903321 996 $aJust words$94365188 997 $aUNINA