Lionel Trilling
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| - | Today is the 50th birthday of the first American over-the-counter publication of Nabokov's ''[[Lolita]]''. When Nabokov’s “[[dirty book]]” hit the streets of the USA., it sold 100,000 copies in three weeks, an immediate success that would allow the 60-year-old scholar and novelist the freedom to resign from teaching. | + | '''Lionel Trilling''' ([[July 4]], [[1905]] – [[November 5]], [[1975]]) was an American [[literary critic]], author, and teacher. Trilling was a member of the group known as "[[The New York Intellectuals]]" and was a frequent contributor to the ''[[Partisan Review]]''. Although he never established a new school of literary criticism, he is viewed as one of the great literary critics of the twentieth century for his ability to trace the cultural, social, and political implications of the literature of his time. |
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| - | Pretty much everything about that book has been said, but I think many of you have not seen this interview conducted by [[Pierre Berton]] and [[Lionel Trilling]] for [[CBC]] now at YouTube[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldpj_5JNFoA][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wcB4RPasE&] | + | |
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| - | [[Pierre Berton]]: | + | |
| - | :"Let´s get out the more specific point: Why did you choose this rather odd, and, something that has never been done before, this curious and debased love?" | + | |
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| - | :"Well, on the whole, it flooded me all kinds of interesting possibilities I am not so much interested in the philosophy of the book, as I am in weaving the thing in a certain way, in those intergradation and interweavings of certain themes and subthemes, for instance the systematic line of Mr. Quilty, whom Humbert will kill, does kill ..." | + | |
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| - | The Lolita or nymphet trope remains of course immensely popular. Some recent findings are those photographs by Turkish artist [[Nazif Topcuoglu]] | + | |
| - | http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2008/03/the_lure_of_lolita.php Nazif Topcuoglu[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/upload/2008/02/Topcuoglu.jpg] | + | |
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| - | Aged 91, [[American music|American]] [[Music journalism|music journalist]] turned [[music producer]] [[Jerry Wexler]] died last Friday. While at ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine]]'' in [[1947]] Wexler coined the term "[[Rhythm and Blues]]" to replace the tainted term "[[race music]]." He is one of the major [[record industry]] players to have marketed 1960s [[soul music]] to a white audience. | + | |
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| - | He produced such hits as "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kkgQHcdlZU] and "[[Son of a Preacher Man]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJM5K51peVw], which are [[WMC]] #65 and 66. | + | |
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Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. Trilling was a member of the group known as "The New York Intellectuals" and was a frequent contributor to the Partisan Review. Although he never established a new school of literary criticism, he is viewed as one of the great literary critics of the twentieth century for his ability to trace the cultural, social, and political implications of the literature of his time.
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