| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 361 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. |
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McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. |
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Dick Cavett show (Television program)
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Dick Cavett show (Television program) |
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. |
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McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. |
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Dick Cavett show (Television program) |
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Trials (Libel) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Libel) |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Television talk shows -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Television talk shows -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Television talk shows. |
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Libel and slander -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Libel and slander. |
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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Freedom of speech. |
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ackerman, Alan L. (Alan Louis). Just words. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300167122 (DLC) 2010052126 (OCoLC)670481391 |
| ISBN |
9780300171808 (electronic book) |
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0300171803 (electronic book) |
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9780300167122 |
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0300167121 |
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1283150611 |
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9781283150613 |
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