Why Trilling Matters

(Part of the Why X Matters Series Series)

by Adam Kirsch

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The distinguished poet and critic argues for the abiding relevance of a great literary mind of the twentieth century

Lionel Trilling, regarded at the time of his death in 1975 as America's preeminent literary critic, is today often seen as a relic of a vanished era. His was an age when literary criticism and ideas seemed to matter profoundly in the intellectual life of the country. In this eloquent book, Adam Kirsch shows that Trilling,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300187823

ISBN13:9780300187823

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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