Humanism and Culture: Lionel Trilling and the Critical Tradition

The book Humanism and Culture: Lionel Trilling and the Critical Tradition gives a comprehensive view about the idea of humanism and its importance to culture. It establishes Lionel Trilling’s claim as a liberal humanist, who strove to make literature and literary criticism, a humanistic and cultural enterprise. It offers valuable alternatives to post modern approaches to literature by drawing critical attention to the inter-relatedness of literature, culture and society.