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

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

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral LawGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0300191960
ISBN13: 9780300191967
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published: Mar 29 2013
Pages: 376
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Focusing on Lillian Hellman's infamous 1980 libel suit against Mary McCarthy for her scornful comments on The Dick Cavett Show, this book explores the roles of truth and lying in American public life and considers why civil discourse seems beyond o

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