Sincerity and Authenticity by Lionel Trilling (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sincerity and Authenticity by Lionel Trilling Trilling is concerned with the process by which the arduous enterprise of sincerity, of being true to ones self, came to occupy a place of supreme importance in the moral life—and the further shift which finds that place now usurped by the darker and still more strenuous modern ideal of authenticity. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Now and then," writes Lionel Triling "it is possible to observe the moral life in process of revising itself." In this new book he is concerned with such a mutation: the process by which the arduous enterprise of sincerity, of being true to ones self, came to occupy a place of supreme importance in the moral life--and the further shift which finds that place now usurped by the darker and still more strenuous modern ideal of authenticity. Instances range over the whole of Western literature and thought, from Shakespeare to Hegel to Sartre, from Robespierre to R.D. Laing, suggesting the contradictions and ironies to which the ideals of sincerity and authenticity give rise, most especially in contemporary life. Lucid, and brilliantly framed, its view of cultural history will give Sincerity and Authenticity an important place among the works of this distinguished critic. Author Biography At the time of his death in 1975, Lionel Trilling was University Professor at Columbia University. Table of Contents 1. Sincerity: Its Origin and Rise 2. The Honest Soul and the Disintegrated Consciousness 3. The Sentiment of Being and the Sentiments of Art 4. The Heroic, and Beautiful, and Authentic 5. Society and Authenticity 6. The Authentic Unconscious Reference Notes Index of Names Review A beautifully written book, its tone admirably judged and perfectly sustained… It is wide, fastidious, and deeply thoughtful in its range of reference…Temperate, controlled and delicately scrupulous, it is a tribute if ever there was one to the honest consciousness. * Times Literary Supplement *Sincerity and Authenticity is not only about literature but is a literary performance itself. From page to page, Trilling expresses and articulates complex movements of thought and feeling through his modulated style, the dialectical structure and rhythm of his sentences and paragraphs. In this book, as in others, he writes to advance an argument and to resist and revise it—and, in the process, to trouble and complicate our responses as readers. -- William E. Cain * Society * Review Quote A beautifully written book, its tone admirably judged and perfectly sustained...It is wide fastidious and deeply thoughtful in its range of reference, Temperate, controlled and delicately scrupulous, it is a tribute if ever there was one to the "honest consciousness." Details ISBN0674808614 Author Lionel Trilling Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674808614 ISBN-13 9780674808614 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Short Title SINCERITY & AUTHENTICITY REV/E Edition Description Revised Residence US Birth 1905 Death 1975 Pages 200 DOI 10.1604/9780674808614 Illustrations none NZ Release Date 1973-10-01 UK Release Date 1974-02-01 Series The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures DEWEY 422 AU Release Date 1973-09-30 Year 1973 Publication Date 1973-10-01 US Release Date 1973-10-01 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138898953;

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