Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 04. Juli 1905 |
Geburtsort | Queens, New York, United States |
Todesort | New_York_City |
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Beschreibung | Lionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review. |
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process.
