The Humanist Critic reexamines the careers of Lionel Trilling and Edward Said. It demonstrates how each critic turned to the modernist literary tradition to reinvent the role of the humanist intellectual during the rise of critical theory.
The Humanist Critic reexamines the careers of Lionel Trilling and Edward Said. It demonstrates how each critic turned to the modernist literary tradition to reinvent the role of the humanist intellectual during the rise of critical theory.