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 Mordecai Trilling''' (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an [[American literary critic]], author, and teacher. With wife [[Diana Trilling]], he was a member of [[the New York Intellectuals]] and contributor to the ''[[Partisan Review]]''. Although he did not establish a school of literary criticism, he is one of the leading U.S. critics of the twentieth century who traced the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he has been a subject of continued interest. |
| - | 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&] | + | He is known for such essay collections as ''[[Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning]]''. |
| - | [[Pierre Berton]]: | + | ==Works by Trilling== |
| - | :"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?" | + | '''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) | ||
| - | Nabokov: | + | '''Non-Fiction and Essays''' |
| - | :"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 ..." | + | *''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) | ||
| - | The Lolita or nymphet trope remains of course immensely popular. Some recent findings are those photographs by Turkish artist [[Nazif Topcuoglu]] | + | '''Prefaces, Afterwards, and Commentaries''' |
| - | 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] | + | * 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 | |
| - | <hr> | + | *Preface and commentaries to'' [[The Experience of Literature]]'' (1967) |
| - | 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 Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. With wife Diana Trilling, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review. Although he did not establish a school of literary criticism, he is one of the leading U.S. critics of the twentieth century who traced the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he has been a subject of continued interest.
He is known for such essay collections as Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning.
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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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