{"product_id":"life-in-culture-selected-letters-of-lionel-trilling-paperback","title":"Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLionel Trilling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam Kirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA great critic's quarrels with himself and others, as revealed in his correspondence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, Lionel Trilling was America's most respected literary critic. His powerful and subtle essays inspired readers to think about how literature shapes our politics, our culture, and our selves. His 1950 collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Liberal Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, sold more than 100,000 copies, epitomizing a time that has been called the age of criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo his New York intellectual peers, Trilling could seem reserved and circumspect. But in his selected letters, Trilling is revealed in all his variousness and complexity. We witness his ardent courtship of Diana Trilling, who would become an eminent intellectual in her own right; his alternately affectionate and contentious rapport with former students such as Allen Ginsberg and Norman Podhoretz; the complicated politics of \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e and other fabled magazines of the period; and Trilling's relationships with other leading writers of the period, including Saul Bellow, Edmund Wilson, and Norman Mailer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife in Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Adam Kirsch, Trilling's letters add up to an intimate portrait of a great critic, and of America's intellectual journey from the political passions of the 1930s to the cultural conflicts of the 1960s and beyond.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLionel Trilling\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1975) taught at Columbia University from 1931 until his death and was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMatthew Arnold\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Middle of the Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Kirsch\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and literary critic whose writing appears in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506342576306,"sku":"9781250234704","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/btNWP1K1fa9781250234704.webp?v=1779551494","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/life-in-culture-selected-letters-of-lionel-trilling-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}