Why Trilling Matters

by Adam Kirsch

Book Overview

The distinguished poet and critic argues for the abiding relevance of a great literary mind of the twentieth century

Lionel Trilling, regarded at the time of his death in 1975 as America's preeminent literary critic, is today often seen as a relic of a vanished era. His was an age when literary criticism and ideas seemed to matter profoundly in the intellectual life of the country. In this eloquent book, Adam Kirsch shows that Trilling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300187823
• ISBN13: 9780300187823
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"