June 4, 1999
Diagnosing Trilling: Why the Critics Are Wrong
Lionel Trilling inspired profound admiration as a teacher and cultural critic. His essays and lectures remain models for today's public intellectuals who aim, as Trilling did, to challenge the literary and cultural orthodoxies of our age. Now his son, James Trilling, an art historian, has dared to reinterpret his father's life, and critics have responded angrily to what they see as a challenge to the purity of his
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