What Is the Role of the Modern Critic?

The kind of literary criticism that Lionel Trilling practiced, which assumed that national literatures reflected deep national values, is dead now.

April 4, 2011

The kind of literary criticism that Lionel Trilling practiced, which assumed that national literatures reflected deep national values, is dead now.

Louis Menand

English Professor, Harvard University

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What Is the Role of the Modern Critic?

The kind of literary criticism that Lionel Trilling practiced, which assumed that national literatures reflected deep national values, is dead now.

Leadership masterclass: Nike, Jordan, and James Baldwin