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Reading Lionel Trilling's THE LIBERAL IMAGINATION

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Naomi K
Sep 13, 2014
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The opening essay, on how American critics value an ugly, plodding style over a highly refined one is pretty fascinating. Basically, it compares the reception of Theodore Dreiser and Henry James. The book was a good find for me. It talks about a lot of things I've been thinking about re: art. Primarily about how we don't yet seem to understand the ways …

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