- Published: 15 September 2008
- ISBN: 9781590172834
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $45.00
The Liberal Imagination
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- Published: 15 September 2008
- ISBN: 9781590172834
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $45.00
"A literary critic of major stature." --The Times (London) "One felt that the essays of The Liberal Imagination were helping to generate a new kind of discourse; in them the traditional disparities between English and American ways of discussing both literature and society were being transcended. The specific means of this transcendence had largely to do with the intensity and luminosity of Trilling's mind..." --The New York Times Book Review "Trilling's best and most influential collection of essays shows how criticism, written with grace, style, and a self-questioning cast of mind, can itself become a form of literature, as well as a valuable contribution to how we think about society." --Morris Dickstein "This liberal critic of liberalism was revered for his reasonableness, the elegance of his dialectical style, the refinement of his ideas." --The New York Times "After his death, Trilling still exerts great influence on the landscape of American culture." --The New York Times