UID:
almafu_9958351986002883
Format:
1 online resource :
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ISBN:
9780231513494
Content:
In this newly discovered "third" of a book by one of the most influential literary critics of the postwar period, an elderly poet and novelist turned distinguished mathematical physicist embroils himself in a principled but somewhat absurd conflict, complicating the lives of his admirers. These memorable characters include a beautiful short-story writer; the director of a private foundation and a compromised man of letters; the headmaster of a private school; a wealthy, progressive couple; an au pair from the foundation director's household; and an untried literary man from the Midwest, drawn from Lionel Trilling's own life experiences. The Journey Abandoned was supposed to be a novel about the anomalies of heroic action in a conformist age. Instead, it presents an extremely personal portrait of the life of letters in America.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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A Note on the Manuscript and Related Materials --
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Trilling’s Preface --
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The Unfinished Novel --
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Trilling’s Commentary --
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Appendix: “The Lesson and the Secret”
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/tril14450
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/tril14450
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