Lillian Hellman (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Carl Rollyson
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Biography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Communism or communists, Politics, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Good and evil, Liberalism, Drama or dramatists, Plays or playwrights, 1900’s
- Locales: New York, NY, Europe, New Orleans, LA, Soviet Union, Cambridge, MA, Hollywood, CA
Rollyson wants to do justice to Hellman’s skill as a philosophical and evocative writer, especially in such works as AN UNFINISHED WOMAN and PENTIMENTO, in which she meditates on the difficulties of capturing without betraying mysterious memories or impenetrable experiences. He also wants to affirm that even an artist must be held accountable for his or her fictions and lies, especially when they are presented not as art but as historical record. Rollyson begins and ends the book with anecdotes that dramatize how insistently Hellman relied on her version of events as the only...
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