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- Summary
- A revelatory and provocative biography of one of the most controversial women of the twentieth century, by one of America's most renowned historians. Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the author of The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic is today remembered more as a toxic, bitter survivor and literary fabulist, the woman of whom Mary McCarthy said, "Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'" In A Difficult Woman, renowned historian Alice Kessler-Harris undertakes a feat few would dare to attempt: a reclamation of a combative, controversial woman who straddled so many political and cultural fault lines of her time. Kessler-Harris renders Hellman's feisty wit and personality in all of its contradictions: as a non-Jewish Jew, a displaced Southerner, a passionate political voice without a party, an artist immersed in commerce, a sexually free woman who scorned much of the women's movement, a loyal friend whose trust was often betrayed, and a writer of memoirs who repeatedly questioned the possibility of achieving truth and doubted her memory. Hellman was a writer whose plays spoke the language of morality yet whose achievements foundered on accusations of mendacity. Above all else, she was a woman who made her way in a man's world. Kessler-Harris has crafted a nuanced life of Hellman, empathetic yet unsparing, that situates her in the varied contexts in which she moved, from New Orleans to Broadway to the hearing room of HUAC. A Difficut Woman is a major work of literary and intellectual history. - Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 439 pages
- Contents
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- Old-fashioned American traditions
- A tough broad
- A serious playwright
- Politics without fear
- An American Jew
- The writer as moralist
- A self-made woman
- A known Communist
- The most dangerous hours
- Liar, liar
- Life after death
- Isbn
- 9781596913639
- Label
- A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman
- Title
- A difficult woman
- Title remainder
- the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Kessler-Harris
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A revelatory and provocative biography of one of the most controversial women of the twentieth century, by one of America's most renowned historians. Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the author of The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic is today remembered more as a toxic, bitter survivor and literary fabulist, the woman of whom Mary McCarthy said, "Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'" In A Difficult Woman, renowned historian Alice Kessler-Harris undertakes a feat few would dare to attempt: a reclamation of a combative, controversial woman who straddled so many political and cultural fault lines of her time. Kessler-Harris renders Hellman's feisty wit and personality in all of its contradictions: as a non-Jewish Jew, a displaced Southerner, a passionate political voice without a party, an artist immersed in commerce, a sexually free woman who scorned much of the women's movement, a loyal friend whose trust was often betrayed, and a writer of memoirs who repeatedly questioned the possibility of achieving truth and doubted her memory. Hellman was a writer whose plays spoke the language of morality yet whose achievements foundered on accusations of mendacity. Above all else, she was a woman who made her way in a man's world. Kessler-Harris has crafted a nuanced life of Hellman, empathetic yet unsparing, that situates her in the varied contexts in which she moved, from New Orleans to Broadway to the hearing room of HUAC. A Difficut Woman is a major work of literary and intellectual history. - Publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kessler-Harris, Alice
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hellman, Lillian
- Hellman, Lillian
- Dramatists, American
- Label
- A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman, Alice Kessler-Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-429) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Old-fashioned American traditions -- A tough broad -- A serious playwright -- Politics without fear -- An American Jew -- The writer as moralist -- A self-made woman -- A known Communist -- The most dangerous hours -- Liar, liar -- Life after death
- Control code
- 738346448
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596913639
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011028065
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman, Alice Kessler-Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-429) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Old-fashioned American traditions -- A tough broad -- A serious playwright -- Politics without fear -- An American Jew -- The writer as moralist -- A self-made woman -- A known Communist -- The most dangerous hours -- Liar, liar -- Life after death
- Control code
- 738346448
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596913639
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011028065
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Biographies
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 -- Political and social views
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 -- Political and social views
- Biographies
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