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Lionel Trilling


Born
in New York City, The United States
July 04, 1905

Died
November 05, 1975


Lionel Mordecai Trilling 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. With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review. ...more

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“Immature artists imitate.
Mature artists steal.”
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“Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty.”
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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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