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Kazin's Trilling: A Cold War Portrait.

Richard M Cook1

  • 1College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 461 Lucas Hall, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121-4400 USA.

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|December 15, 2018
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Alfred Kazin

Area of Science:

  • Literary criticism and American cultural history.

Background:

  • Alfred Kazin's 1978 autobiography, *New York Jew*, offers a critical lens on post-war American literary culture.
  • The era was marked by a "liberal consensus" that influenced intellectual discourse and literary evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze Alfred Kazin's portrayal of Lionel Trilling as a character.
  • To examine Kazin's critique of Cold War literary culture through this characterization.

Main Methods:

  • Character analysis of Lionel Trilling as depicted by Alfred Kazin.
  • Close reading of Kazin's *New York Jew* to identify critiques of literary culture.

Main Results:

  • Kazin uses the Trilling "character" to critique the narrowing of intellectual discourse.
Keywords:
Alfred KazinAutobiographyClass and cultureCold WarDiana TrillingLionel TrillingMatthew ArnoldNew York JewWalt Whitman

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  • The study highlights the discrediting of progressive writing and the shift from "class" to "culture" in literary analysis.
  • Kazin's work also addresses the evolving status of Jewish writers in America.

    • Conclusions:

    • Kazin's portrait of Trilling serves as a powerful critique of the Cold War literary landscape.
    • The essay reveals Kazin's personal engagement with the era's intellectual and cultural shifts.