**A landmark reissue of a great teacher's finest work** Lionel Trilling was, during his lifetime, generally acknowledged to be one of the finest essayists in the English language, the heir of Hazlitt and the peer of Orwell. Since his death in 1974, his work has been discussed and hotly debated,
The obligation to be rational
โ Scribed by S. F. Sapontzis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5363
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