Why Trilling Matters
Adam Kirsch • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300178289
Why Trilling Matters
Adam Kirsch • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 030017828X · ISBN-13: 978‑0300178289 · 2011
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Adam Kirsch provides a rigorous examination of Lionel Trilling, positioning him as a central figure in twentieth-century American intellectual life. By analyzing Trilling's essays and fiction, Kirsch explores the critic's enduring commitment to the complexities of liberalism and the moral responsibilities of the literary mind. This study serves as both a biographical assessment and a defense of Trilling's nuanced approach to cultural criticism.
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