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Bookmark or Share- Lionel Trilling - WikipediaLionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) 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.
- Key Theories of Lionel Trilling – Literary Theory and CriticismBy NASRULLAH MAMBROL on April 3, 2017 • ( 3 ) A writer of significance in the history of American letters, even at the height of his fame Lionel Trilling (1905–1975) was considered ‘a critic without portfolio’. What this means for the contemporary reader, used to critical categories, theories and factional groups, is that a historical ...
- Introduction - Lionel TrillingIn the 1950s Lionel Trilling was America’s most esteemed literary critic. His writing appeared regularly in the non-academic press, and his readership extended far beyond the narrow world of academia. Trilling’s writing was elegant and intricate but always clear and devoid of jargon.
- Biography - Lionel TrillingBiography. Lionel Trilling, one of America’s foremost literary critics, was born on the Fourth of July in 1905 in Queens, New York to Jewish immigrant parents—his mother from London, his father from Bialystok, a city in northeastern Poland. He grew up in New York City, graduated from high school in 1921, and enrolled at Columbia University ...
- Why We (Should) Read Trilling | Columbia MagazineIn one of his last essays, left unfinished at his death in 1975, Lionel Trilling tried to understand “Why We Read Jane Austen.” Trilling started wondering about Austen’s lasting appeal, he writes, because of the extraordinary popularity of a seminar on Austen that he offered at Columbia in 1973.
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