James Baldwin, Lionel Trilling, American Studies, and the Freudian Tragic

The intellectual connection between James Baldwin and Lionel Trilling, and the resonances across their criticism, are more substantial than scholarly and biographical treatments have disclosed. For Trilling, Baldwin’s writings were notable for their deviation from most humanistic inquiry, which he c...

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Main Author: Jay Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2017-10-01
Series:James Baldwin Review
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Online Access:https://jbr.openlibrary.manchester.ac.uk/index.php/jbr/article/view/45