Lillian Helllman

American playwright Lillian Hellman is the focus of this compilation, which brings together 19 new and reprinted articles on her life and work. Rollyson (journalism, Baruch College, City U. of New York) draws together US scholars in literature, as well as one in international law, to discuss evil in her works; their dramatic structure; her adherence to the "well-made play"; the source for The Children's Hour, its theme of lesbianism, and its adaptations for the screen; her collaboration with director William Wyler for screen versions of Dead End, The Children's Hour, and The Little Foxes, as well as what she learned from cinematographer Gregg Toland; her critical view of the South in The Little Foxes and Another Part of the Forest; the influence of Toys in the Attic on Tennessee Williams, rather than vice versa; The Autumn Garden; her film Julia from Pentimento; and her memoir Scoundrel Time. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)