Frankau, Pamela. Pen to Paper. Heinemann.
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Joseph McCarthy
Standard Name: McCarthy, Joseph
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Christina Stead | From her first discovery until this point in her career, CS
was held in high esteem by the literary worlds of London (always excepting her damning reviews in the Times Literary Supplement) and New... |
| Literary Setting | Elaine Feinstein | |
| politics | Pearl S. Buck | PSB
's internationalism and egalitarianism were looked on with suspicion by various American institutions and individuals. The FBI opened a file on her as early as 1937. Henry Luce
black-listed her from appearing in Time... |
| Reception | Ethel Wilson | On 23 January 1953 a dramatization of Lilly's Story was broadcast on CBC
through Robert Weaver
, the producer of the program Canadian Short Stories. The broadcast generated controversy. Newspapers in Montreal reported that... |
| Textual Production | Pamela Frankau | She says she began work on another play, called Can't Catch Me, when she looked at the beautiful face of Tyrone Power
and a thought crossed her mind: a man who escapes. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary McCarthy | This novel takes an unusual approach to its subject: the persecution of liberals in the USA in a paroxysm of anti-Communism led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
(no relation). MMC
's protagonist is an academic dismissed... |
Timeline
20 November 1934: Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, a...
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20 November 1934
Lillian Hellman
's The Children's Hour, a play in which schoolgirls accuse teachers of having a lesbian relationship, opened on Broadway, New York.
September 1947: The US House Committee for Un-American Activities...
National or international item
September 1947
The USHouse Committee for Un-American Activities
(HUAC) began issuing subpoenas to leading figures in the entertainment industry, three years before the communist witch-hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy
made him a household name.
October 1947: Martha Gellhorn published in New Republic...
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October 1947
Martha Gellhorn
published in New Republica magisterial condemnation of McCarthy
ism and its implications in the USA.
10 February 1949: Arthur Miller's tragedy Death of a Salesman,...
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10 February 1949
Arthur Miller
's tragedyDeath of a Salesman, directed by Elia Kazan
, opened on Broadway to great enthusiasm from critics.
September 1950: In the USA the Internal Security Act (also...
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September 1950
In the USA the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act or McCarran Wood Act from the chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee
) placed various legal restrictions on Communist Party membership and members.
22 January 1953: The Crucible, a play about the witch trials...
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22 January 1953
The Crucible, a play about the witch trials at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, by dramatist Arthur Miller
, opened on stage in New York.
19 June 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed...
National or international item
19 June 1953
Julius
and Ethel Rosenberg
were executed in Sing Sing Prison, New York State, on charges of passing atomic secrets to the USSR.
18 February 1954: Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the US Army,...
National or international item
18 February 1954
Robert T. Stevens
, Secretary of the US Army
, ordered two generals subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy
to ignore their summons.
March 1954: In the USA, Edward Murrow for the first time...
National or international item
March 1954
In the USA, Edward Murrow
for the first time exposed the methods of Senator McCarthy
on a CBS
television programme called See It Now.
Reid, Panthea. Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles. Rutgers University Press.
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