Scoundrel Time
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Scoundrel Time is Lillian Hellman’s controversial memoir chronicling the impact of McCarthy-era anti-communist investigations on her life and career.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scoundrel Time canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Lillian Hellman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesEvent |
Hollywood blacklist
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Lillian Hellman’s testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
impact of anti-communist investigations on personal life
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impact of anti-communist investigations on professional career ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed critical response ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage and conformity
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integrity versus self-preservation ⓘ moral responsibility under political pressure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
House Un-American Activities Committee
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Lillian Hellman ⓘ McCarthyism ⓘ anti-communism ⓘ blacklisting in the United States ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ political persecution ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of McCarthy-era politics
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debates over historical accuracy ⓘ defense of civil liberties ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Cold War
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McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form:
McCarthy era
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| titleOrigin | phrase "scoundrel time" referring to a period of moral failure in public life ⓘ |
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