A Treacherous Secret Agent by Marjorie Garber - 9780300282825
A Treacherous Secret AgentHow Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare
Author(s): Marjorie Garber
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 9780300282825, 978-0300282825
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A world-renowned critics haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the 1950s
In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy targeted actors, directors, singers, filmmakers, writers, and prominent scientists, accusing them of disloyalty, subversion, and treason against the United States of America. HUAC and McCarthyism ruined careers and lives. But something striking also happened during the hearings: the poems, plays, novels, and song lyrics cited in the witness testimony spoke back, offering uncanny counter-testimonies and remarkable ac.
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A Treacherous Secret AgentHow Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare
Author(s): Marjorie Garber
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 9780300282825, 978-0300282825
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A world-renowned critics haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the 1950s
In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy targeted actors, directors, singers, filmmakers, writers, and prominent scientists, accusing them of disloyalty, subversion, and treason against the United States of America. HUAC and McCarthyism ruined careers and lives. But something striking also happened during the hearings: the poems, plays, novels, and song lyrics cited in the witness testimony spoke back, offering uncanny counter-testimonies and remarkable ac.
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A Treacherous Secret AgentHow Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare
Author(s): Marjorie Garber
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 9780300282825, 978-0300282825
Synopsis
A world-renowned critics haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the 1950s
In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy targeted actors, directors, singers, filmmakers, writers, and prominent scientists, accusing them of disloyalty, subversion, and treason against the United States of America. HUAC and McCarthyism ruined careers and lives. But something striking also happened during the hearings: the poems, plays, novels, and song lyrics cited in the witness testimony spoke back, offering uncanny counter-testimonies and remarkable ac.
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format | hardcover |
Language | english |
Color | red |
Brand | Yale University Press |
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