Lionel Trilling
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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. | '''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. | ||
| + | ==Works by Trilling== | ||
| + | '''Fiction''' | ||
| + | *''[[The Middle of the Journey]]'' (1947) | ||
| + | *''[[Of This Time, of That Place and Other Stories]]'' (1979, published posthumously) | ||
| + | *''[[The Journey Abandoned: The Unfinished Novel]]'' (2008) (published posthumously, edited by Geraldine Murphy) | ||
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| + | '''Non-Fiction and Essays''' | ||
| + | *''Matthew Arnold'' (1939) | ||
| + | *''[[E. M. Forster: A Study]]'' (1943) | ||
| + | *''[[The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society]]'' (1950) | ||
| + | *''[[The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism]]'' (1955) | ||
| + | *''[[Freud and the Crisis of Our Culture]]'' (1955) | ||
| + | *''[[A Gathering of Fugitives]]'' (1956) | ||
| + | *''[[Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning]]'' (1965) | ||
| + | *''[[Sincerity and Authenticity]]'' (1972), a collection of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures given at [[Harvard]] in 1969 | ||
| + | *''[[Mind in the Modern World: The 1972 Thomas Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities]]'' (1973) | ||
| + | *''[[The Last Decade: Essays and Reviews, 1965-75]]'' (1979, published posthumously) | ||
| + | *''[[Speaking of Literature and Society]]'' (1980, published posthumously) | ||
| + | *''The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays'' - Edited by Leon Wieseltier (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001; Northwestern University Press, 2008, published posthumously) | ||
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| + | '''Prefaces, Afterwards, and Commentaries''' | ||
| + | * Preface to [[Isaac Babel]]'s ''Collected Stories'' ([[Penguin Books|Penguin]]) edition (1957) | ||
| + | *''The Unpossessed'', by [[Tess Slesinger]] (for 1965 reprint of 1934 novel) - afterword by Trilling | ||
| + | *Preface and commentaries to'' [[The Experience of Literature]]'' (1967) | ||
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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.
Works by Trilling
Fiction
- The Middle of the Journey (1947)
- Of This Time, of That Place and Other Stories (1979, published posthumously)
- The Journey Abandoned: The Unfinished Novel (2008) (published posthumously, edited by Geraldine Murphy)
Non-Fiction and Essays
- Matthew Arnold (1939)
- E. M. Forster: A Study (1943)
- The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society (1950)
- The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism (1955)
- Freud and the Crisis of Our Culture (1955)
- A Gathering of Fugitives (1956)
- Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning (1965)
- Sincerity and Authenticity (1972), a collection of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures given at Harvard in 1969
- Mind in the Modern World: The 1972 Thomas Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities (1973)
- The Last Decade: Essays and Reviews, 1965-75 (1979, published posthumously)
- Speaking of Literature and Society (1980, published posthumously)
- The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays - Edited by Leon Wieseltier (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001; Northwestern University Press, 2008, published posthumously)
Prefaces, Afterwards, and Commentaries
- Preface to Isaac Babel's Collected Stories (Penguin) edition (1957)
- The Unpossessed, by Tess Slesinger (for 1965 reprint of 1934 novel) - afterword by Trilling
- Preface and commentaries to The Experience of Literature (1967)
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