Lionel Trilling

Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. Trilling was seen as one of the great literary critics and one of the New York intellectuals dominating the day. He is probably most famous to the general public for his introduction to a 1952 reissue of George Orwell's book, Homage to Catalonia. He was also a regular contributor to the Partisan Review.

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July 4 - 1905 - November 5 - 1975 - Literary critic - Intellectual - 1952 - George Orwell - Homage to Catalonia - Partisan Review

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Lionel Trilling was born in New York City into a Jewish family. Trilling was educated at Columbia University, was a classmate of Whittaker Chambers and received his B.A. (1925), M.A. (1926), and Ph.D. (1938). Lionel Trilling began teaching literature at Columbia in 1932 and became a full professor in 1948. His one novel, The Middle of a Journey, about an affluent Communist couple, was published in 1947. His most famous volume of essays was the 1950 The Liberal Imagination. Another collection of essays is entitled The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent. He is the author of Sincerity and Authenticity, an exploration on the idea of self as a moral quotient in post-Age of Enlightenment Western civilization, and Beyond Culture, a collection on essays dealing with the attitudes of modernity.

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New York City - Columbia University - Whittaker Chambers - 1925 - 1926 - 1938 - 1932 - 1948 - Novel - Communist - 1947 - 1950 - The Liberal Imagination - The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent - Sincerity and Authenticity - Age of Enlightenment - Western civilization - Beyond Culture - Modernity

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