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Lionel Trilling

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in New York City, The United States

July 04, 1905

Died

November 05, 1975

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Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review. Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review. ...more

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	The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 1950 — 46 editions	Want to Read saving… Want to Read Currently Reading Read Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	Sincerity and Authenticity 4.11 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays by Lionel Trilling, Leon Wieseltier (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Middle of the Journey by Lionel Trilling, Monroe Engel (Preface) 3.73 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1947 — 23 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature by Lionel Trilling (editor), Harold Bloom (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	E. M. Forster 3.61 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1943 — 22 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	Of This Time of That Place and Other Stori 3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1968 — 15 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1955 — 14 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
	The Experience of Literature 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1967 — 17 editions	Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

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“Immature artists imitate.
Mature artists steal.”
― Lionel Trilling

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“Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty.”
― Lionel Trilling

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“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood”
― Lionel Trilling, The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society

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