The Humanist Critic: Lionel Trilling and Edward Said

By: Rosenberg Nutters, Daniel

Assessments of the history of literary criticism suffer from two errors. On one hand, they often ignore the relationship between critical history and literary history. On the other hand, they tend to assume a progressive vision of history where literary movements or critical schools of thought build upon each other. As a result, such assessments either privilege the present and praise its progress or express nostalgia for the past. The Humanist Critic:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839991593
• ISBN13: 9781839991592
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 250 Pages