He never suppressed his impulse to creation, but concealed it behind the virtuous mask of his criticism.
— Edward Mendelson on Lionel Trilling, “The Demonic Trilling,” New York Review of Books, 7 July 2012.
Lionel Trilling. Photograph: Cecil Beaton.
He never suppressed his impulse to creation, but concealed it behind the virtuous mask of his criticism.
— Edward Mendelson on Lionel Trilling, “The Demonic Trilling,” New York Review of Books, 7 July 2012.
Lionel Trilling. Photograph: Cecil Beaton.