Scotch Verdict
Lillian Faderman
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From Library Journal
Scotch Verdict is the factual account of the story dramatized in Lillian Hellman’s fine 1934 play, The Children’s Hour . In actuality, the episode in which a student accused two schoolmistresses of participating in a lesbian relationship took place in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1811. After their reputations and careers were ruined, the two brought a libel suit against their accuser. According to LJ ‘s reviewer, Federman ‘abstracted, rearranged, and enriched the case transcript to create a book that reads like a novel yet breathtakingly demonstrates how preconceptions color interpretation and how impossible it is to find ‘the truth’ ‘ ( LJ 6/15/83). A solid addition to any feminist/women’s studies collection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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ISBN | 9780231084437 |
Genre | True Crime |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Format | Trade Paperback |
No. of Pages | 332 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
Subject | Homosexuality; Homosexuality/ Law And Legislation/ Scotland/ History; Trials (Libel); Trials (Libel)/ Scotland/ Edinburgh; Woods, Marianne – Trials, Litigation, Etc |
BookID | 11164 |