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Lionel Trilling

Born

in New York NY

July 04, 1905

Died

November 05, 1975

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Lionel Trilling was an American literary critic, author and teacher who, with wife Diana, was a member of the New York Intellectuals and a contributor to the Partisan Review. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who focused on the contemporary cultural, social and political implications of literature.

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	The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society 3.98 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1950 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sincerity and Authenticity 4.15 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays of Lionel Trilling by Lionel Trilling, Leon Wieseltier (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Middle of the Journey by Lionel Trilling, Monroe Engel (Preface) 3.71 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1947 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume V: Victorian Prose and Poetry by Lionel Trilling (Editor), Harold Bloom (Editor), Thomas Carlyle (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	E. M. Forster 3.57 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1943 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of This Time, Of That Place And Other Stories 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1968 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Experience of Literature 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 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

tags: books, literature, reading

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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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