Books
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism
– New York: Viking, 1955.Summary: “Analytical studies trace the development theme of the individual in selected novels, letters, and poems from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.” … More
Wordsworth and the Rabbis
– First delivered as a lecture at Princeton University at a conference on William Wordsworth, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 1950. First published as "Wordsworth and the Iron Time." Kenyon Review 12, No. 3 (Summer 1950): 477-497.Excerpt: Our meeting here to do honor to William Wordsworth will have its counterparts in academic centers in all the English-speaking countries. But we can scarcely suppose that in the… More
Isaac Babel
– First published as the introduction to Isaac Babel: The Collected Stories, edited by Walter Morison (New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1955). Also published as "Isaac Babel: Torn Between Violence and Peace" in Commentary, June 1955.Excerpt: A good many years ago, in 1929, I chanced to read a book which disturbed me in a way I can still remember. The book was called Red Cavalry; it was a collection of stories about… More
Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning
– New York: Viking, 1965.Summary: “In essays on education, literature, and psychoanalysis, Trilling addresses himself to the assumptions made by those who define themselves in terms of their relation to the… More
A Novel of the Thirties
– Originally published as "Young in the Thirties." Commentary 41 (May 1966): 43-51.Excerpt: “In the 1950’s it was established beyond question that the 1930’s had not simply passed into history but had become history.”
Speaking of Literature and Society
– Trilling, Diana, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.Summary: “Diana Trilling selected pieces from her husband’s previously uncollected writings covering the wide range of Trilling’s concerns from his undergraduate days… More
Another Jewish Problem Novel
– "Another Jewish Problem Novel." Review of The Disinherited, by Milton Waldman (New York: Longmans, Green, 1929). Menorah Journal 16 (April 1929): 376-79.Flawed Instruments
– "Flawed Instruments." Review of Adam: A Dramatic History in a Prologue, Seven Scenes, and an Epilogue, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1929), and Stephen Escott, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1930). Menorah Journal 18 (April 1930): 380-84.The Changing Myth of the Jew
– "The Changing Myth of the Jew." Commentary 66 (August 1978): 24-34.Under Forty
– "Under Forty." Originally published as "Under Forty: A Symposium on American Literature and the Younger Generation of American Jews." Contemporary Jewish Record 6 (February 1944). Trilling's contribution pp. 15-17.The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
– Trilling, Diana. The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography
– Leitch, Thomas M. Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves
– Rodden, John, ed. Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.Collection of essays by prominent critics on Trilling’s career; includes many of the most important essays on Trilling’s work published during his lifetime.
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
– Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Original edition: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Summary: Bringing together the thoughts of one of American literature’s sharpest cultural critics, this compendium will open the eyes of a whole new audience to the work of Lionel… More
Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and His Discontents
– Menand, Louis. "Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and his discontents." New Yorker, September 29, 2008.Excerpt: Most people who picked up the book in 1950 would have understood it as an attack on the dogmatism and philistinism of the fellow-travelling left, but the term “liberal” is… More
Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe: And Other Stories of Literary Friendship
– Alexander, Edward. Lionel Trilling & Irving Howe: and other stories of literary friendship. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009.Essays
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism
– New York: Viking, 1955.Summary: “Analytical studies trace the development theme of the individual in selected novels, letters, and poems from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.” … More
Wordsworth and the Rabbis
– First delivered as a lecture at Princeton University at a conference on William Wordsworth, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 1950. First published as "Wordsworth and the Iron Time." Kenyon Review 12, No. 3 (Summer 1950): 477-497.Excerpt: Our meeting here to do honor to William Wordsworth will have its counterparts in academic centers in all the English-speaking countries. But we can scarcely suppose that in the… More
Isaac Babel
– First published as the introduction to Isaac Babel: The Collected Stories, edited by Walter Morison (New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1955). Also published as "Isaac Babel: Torn Between Violence and Peace" in Commentary, June 1955.Excerpt: A good many years ago, in 1929, I chanced to read a book which disturbed me in a way I can still remember. The book was called Red Cavalry; it was a collection of stories about… More
Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning
– New York: Viking, 1965.Summary: “In essays on education, literature, and psychoanalysis, Trilling addresses himself to the assumptions made by those who define themselves in terms of their relation to the… More
A Novel of the Thirties
– Originally published as "Young in the Thirties." Commentary 41 (May 1966): 43-51.Excerpt: “In the 1950’s it was established beyond question that the 1930’s had not simply passed into history but had become history.”
Speaking of Literature and Society
– Trilling, Diana, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.Summary: “Diana Trilling selected pieces from her husband’s previously uncollected writings covering the wide range of Trilling’s concerns from his undergraduate days… More
Another Jewish Problem Novel
– "Another Jewish Problem Novel." Review of The Disinherited, by Milton Waldman (New York: Longmans, Green, 1929). Menorah Journal 16 (April 1929): 376-79.Flawed Instruments
– "Flawed Instruments." Review of Adam: A Dramatic History in a Prologue, Seven Scenes, and an Epilogue, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1929), and Stephen Escott, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1930). Menorah Journal 18 (April 1930): 380-84.The Changing Myth of the Jew
– "The Changing Myth of the Jew." Commentary 66 (August 1978): 24-34.Under Forty
– "Under Forty." Originally published as "Under Forty: A Symposium on American Literature and the Younger Generation of American Jews." Contemporary Jewish Record 6 (February 1944). Trilling's contribution pp. 15-17.The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
– Trilling, Diana. The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography
– Leitch, Thomas M. Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves
– Rodden, John, ed. Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.Collection of essays by prominent critics on Trilling’s career; includes many of the most important essays on Trilling’s work published during his lifetime.
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
– Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Original edition: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Summary: Bringing together the thoughts of one of American literature’s sharpest cultural critics, this compendium will open the eyes of a whole new audience to the work of Lionel… More
Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and His Discontents
– Menand, Louis. "Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and his discontents." New Yorker, September 29, 2008.Excerpt: Most people who picked up the book in 1950 would have understood it as an attack on the dogmatism and philistinism of the fellow-travelling left, but the term “liberal” is… More
Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe: And Other Stories of Literary Friendship
– Alexander, Edward. Lionel Trilling & Irving Howe: and other stories of literary friendship. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009.Commentary
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism
– New York: Viking, 1955.Summary: “Analytical studies trace the development theme of the individual in selected novels, letters, and poems from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.” … More
Wordsworth and the Rabbis
– First delivered as a lecture at Princeton University at a conference on William Wordsworth, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 1950. First published as "Wordsworth and the Iron Time." Kenyon Review 12, No. 3 (Summer 1950): 477-497.Excerpt: Our meeting here to do honor to William Wordsworth will have its counterparts in academic centers in all the English-speaking countries. But we can scarcely suppose that in the… More
Isaac Babel
– First published as the introduction to Isaac Babel: The Collected Stories, edited by Walter Morison (New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1955). Also published as "Isaac Babel: Torn Between Violence and Peace" in Commentary, June 1955.Excerpt: A good many years ago, in 1929, I chanced to read a book which disturbed me in a way I can still remember. The book was called Red Cavalry; it was a collection of stories about… More
Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning
– New York: Viking, 1965.Summary: “In essays on education, literature, and psychoanalysis, Trilling addresses himself to the assumptions made by those who define themselves in terms of their relation to the… More
A Novel of the Thirties
– Originally published as "Young in the Thirties." Commentary 41 (May 1966): 43-51.Excerpt: “In the 1950’s it was established beyond question that the 1930’s had not simply passed into history but had become history.”
Speaking of Literature and Society
– Trilling, Diana, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.Summary: “Diana Trilling selected pieces from her husband’s previously uncollected writings covering the wide range of Trilling’s concerns from his undergraduate days… More
Another Jewish Problem Novel
– "Another Jewish Problem Novel." Review of The Disinherited, by Milton Waldman (New York: Longmans, Green, 1929). Menorah Journal 16 (April 1929): 376-79.Flawed Instruments
– "Flawed Instruments." Review of Adam: A Dramatic History in a Prologue, Seven Scenes, and an Epilogue, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1929), and Stephen Escott, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1930). Menorah Journal 18 (April 1930): 380-84.The Changing Myth of the Jew
– "The Changing Myth of the Jew." Commentary 66 (August 1978): 24-34.Under Forty
– "Under Forty." Originally published as "Under Forty: A Symposium on American Literature and the Younger Generation of American Jews." Contemporary Jewish Record 6 (February 1944). Trilling's contribution pp. 15-17.The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
– Trilling, Diana. The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography
– Leitch, Thomas M. Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves
– Rodden, John, ed. Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.Collection of essays by prominent critics on Trilling’s career; includes many of the most important essays on Trilling’s work published during his lifetime.
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
– Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Original edition: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Summary: Bringing together the thoughts of one of American literature’s sharpest cultural critics, this compendium will open the eyes of a whole new audience to the work of Lionel… More
Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and His Discontents
– Menand, Louis. "Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and his discontents." New Yorker, September 29, 2008.Excerpt: Most people who picked up the book in 1950 would have understood it as an attack on the dogmatism and philistinism of the fellow-travelling left, but the term “liberal” is… More
Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe: And Other Stories of Literary Friendship
– Alexander, Edward. Lionel Trilling & Irving Howe: and other stories of literary friendship. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009.Multimedia
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism
– New York: Viking, 1955.Summary: “Analytical studies trace the development theme of the individual in selected novels, letters, and poems from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.” … More
Wordsworth and the Rabbis
– First delivered as a lecture at Princeton University at a conference on William Wordsworth, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 1950. First published as "Wordsworth and the Iron Time." Kenyon Review 12, No. 3 (Summer 1950): 477-497.Excerpt: Our meeting here to do honor to William Wordsworth will have its counterparts in academic centers in all the English-speaking countries. But we can scarcely suppose that in the… More
Isaac Babel
– First published as the introduction to Isaac Babel: The Collected Stories, edited by Walter Morison (New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1955). Also published as "Isaac Babel: Torn Between Violence and Peace" in Commentary, June 1955.Excerpt: A good many years ago, in 1929, I chanced to read a book which disturbed me in a way I can still remember. The book was called Red Cavalry; it was a collection of stories about… More
Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning
– New York: Viking, 1965.Summary: “In essays on education, literature, and psychoanalysis, Trilling addresses himself to the assumptions made by those who define themselves in terms of their relation to the… More
A Novel of the Thirties
– Originally published as "Young in the Thirties." Commentary 41 (May 1966): 43-51.Excerpt: “In the 1950’s it was established beyond question that the 1930’s had not simply passed into history but had become history.”
Speaking of Literature and Society
– Trilling, Diana, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.Summary: “Diana Trilling selected pieces from her husband’s previously uncollected writings covering the wide range of Trilling’s concerns from his undergraduate days… More
Another Jewish Problem Novel
– "Another Jewish Problem Novel." Review of The Disinherited, by Milton Waldman (New York: Longmans, Green, 1929). Menorah Journal 16 (April 1929): 376-79.Flawed Instruments
– "Flawed Instruments." Review of Adam: A Dramatic History in a Prologue, Seven Scenes, and an Epilogue, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1929), and Stephen Escott, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1930). Menorah Journal 18 (April 1930): 380-84.The Changing Myth of the Jew
– "The Changing Myth of the Jew." Commentary 66 (August 1978): 24-34.Under Forty
– "Under Forty." Originally published as "Under Forty: A Symposium on American Literature and the Younger Generation of American Jews." Contemporary Jewish Record 6 (February 1944). Trilling's contribution pp. 15-17.The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
– Trilling, Diana. The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography
– Leitch, Thomas M. Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves
– Rodden, John, ed. Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.Collection of essays by prominent critics on Trilling’s career; includes many of the most important essays on Trilling’s work published during his lifetime.
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
– Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Original edition: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Summary: Bringing together the thoughts of one of American literature’s sharpest cultural critics, this compendium will open the eyes of a whole new audience to the work of Lionel… More
Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and His Discontents
– Menand, Louis. "Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and his discontents." New Yorker, September 29, 2008.Excerpt: Most people who picked up the book in 1950 would have understood it as an attack on the dogmatism and philistinism of the fellow-travelling left, but the term “liberal” is… More
Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe: And Other Stories of Literary Friendship
– Alexander, Edward. Lionel Trilling & Irving Howe: and other stories of literary friendship. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009.Teaching
The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism
– New York: Viking, 1955.Summary: “Analytical studies trace the development theme of the individual in selected novels, letters, and poems from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.” … More
Wordsworth and the Rabbis
– First delivered as a lecture at Princeton University at a conference on William Wordsworth, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 1950. First published as "Wordsworth and the Iron Time." Kenyon Review 12, No. 3 (Summer 1950): 477-497.Excerpt: Our meeting here to do honor to William Wordsworth will have its counterparts in academic centers in all the English-speaking countries. But we can scarcely suppose that in the… More
Isaac Babel
– First published as the introduction to Isaac Babel: The Collected Stories, edited by Walter Morison (New York: Criterion Books, Inc., 1955). Also published as "Isaac Babel: Torn Between Violence and Peace" in Commentary, June 1955.Excerpt: A good many years ago, in 1929, I chanced to read a book which disturbed me in a way I can still remember. The book was called Red Cavalry; it was a collection of stories about… More
Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning
– New York: Viking, 1965.Summary: “In essays on education, literature, and psychoanalysis, Trilling addresses himself to the assumptions made by those who define themselves in terms of their relation to the… More
A Novel of the Thirties
– Originally published as "Young in the Thirties." Commentary 41 (May 1966): 43-51.Excerpt: “In the 1950’s it was established beyond question that the 1930’s had not simply passed into history but had become history.”
Speaking of Literature and Society
– Trilling, Diana, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.Summary: “Diana Trilling selected pieces from her husband’s previously uncollected writings covering the wide range of Trilling’s concerns from his undergraduate days… More
Another Jewish Problem Novel
– "Another Jewish Problem Novel." Review of The Disinherited, by Milton Waldman (New York: Longmans, Green, 1929). Menorah Journal 16 (April 1929): 376-79.Flawed Instruments
– "Flawed Instruments." Review of Adam: A Dramatic History in a Prologue, Seven Scenes, and an Epilogue, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1929), and Stephen Escott, by Ludwig Lewisohn (New York: Harper, 1930). Menorah Journal 18 (April 1930): 380-84.The Changing Myth of the Jew
– "The Changing Myth of the Jew." Commentary 66 (August 1978): 24-34.Under Forty
– "Under Forty." Originally published as "Under Forty: A Symposium on American Literature and the Younger Generation of American Jews." Contemporary Jewish Record 6 (February 1944). Trilling's contribution pp. 15-17.The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
– Trilling, Diana. The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography
– Leitch, Thomas M. Lionel Trilling: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves
– Rodden, John, ed. Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.Collection of essays by prominent critics on Trilling’s career; includes many of the most important essays on Trilling’s work published during his lifetime.
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
– Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Original edition: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Summary: Bringing together the thoughts of one of American literature’s sharpest cultural critics, this compendium will open the eyes of a whole new audience to the work of Lionel… More
Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and His Discontents
– Menand, Louis. "Regrets Only: Lionel Trilling and his discontents." New Yorker, September 29, 2008.Excerpt: Most people who picked up the book in 1950 would have understood it as an attack on the dogmatism and philistinism of the fellow-travelling left, but the term “liberal” is… More