The Last Decade: Essays and Reviews, 1965-1975

by Lionel Trilling

Pieces written during the last ten years of Trilling's life include important statements on Joyce, Austen, and Freud, a probing investigation of modern art, a memoir of Trilling's acquaintance with Whittaker Chambers, and the lecture Mind in the Modern World

Genres: Essays, Criticism

241 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review.