About Lionel Trilling
Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century, he analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. He and his wife, Diana Trilling, were members of the New York Intellectuals and contributors to the Partisan Review. In 1937, Trilling joined the recently revived magazine Partisan Review, a Marxist but anti-Stalinist journal founded by William Philips and Philip Rahv in 1934. Trilling became the George Edward Woodberry Professor of Literature and Criticism in 1965.
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