Lillian Hellman : An Imperious Life / Dorothy Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallagher, Dorothy, Author.

Series:

Jewish Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984--Criticism and interpretation.

Hellman, Lillian.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.

Dramatists, American.

Women dramatists, American--Biography.

Women dramatists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Glamorous, talented, audacious-Lillian Hellman knew everyone, did everything, had been everywhere. By the age of twenty-nine she had written The Children's Hour, the first of four hit Broadway plays, and soon she was considered a member of America's first rank of dramatists, a position she maintained for more than twenty-five years. Apart from her literary accomplishments-eight original plays and three volumes of memoirs-Hellman lived a rich life filled with notable friendships, controversial political activity, travel, and love affairs, most importantly with Dashiell Hammett. But by the time she died, the truth about her life and works had been called into question. Scandals attached to her name, having to do with sex, with money, and with her own veracity. Dorothy Gallagher confronts the conundrum that was Lillian Hellman-a woman with a capacity to inspire outrage as often as admiration. Exploring Hellman's leftist politics, her Jewish and Southern background, and her famous testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Gallagher also undertakes a new reading of Hellman's carefully crafted memoirs and plays, in which she is both revealed and hidden. Gallagher sorts through the facts and the myths, arriving at a sharply drawn portrait of a woman who lived large to the end of her remarkable life and never backed down from a fight.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. The Hubbards Of Bowden

2. The Marxes Of Demopolis

3. Two Jewish Girls

4. Marriage

5. The Writing Life: 1933-1984

6. Along Came A Spider

7. Eros

8. Counterparts

9. The Incurious Tourist

10. Lillian Hellman's Analyst

11. "You Are What You Are To Me,"

12. Having Her Say

13. Jewish Lit

14. An Honored Woman

15. Mere Facts

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300166392

0300166397

OCLC:

868965306