Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling

by Lionel Trilling

Book Overview

A great critic's quarrels with himself and others, as revealed in his correspondence In the mid-twentieth century, Lionel Trilling was America's most respected literary critic. His powerful and subtle essays inspired readers to think about how literature shapes our politics, our culture, and our selves. His 1950 collection, The Liberal Imagination , sold more than 100,000 copies, epitomizing a time that has been called the age of criticism. To his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374185158
• ISBN13: 9780374185152
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"