Lionel Trilling Quote

The poet, it is true, is an effect of environment, but we must remember that he is no less a cause. He may be used as the barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.


The Liberal Imagination (1950)


The poet, it is true, is an effect of environment, but we must remember that he is no less a cause. He may be used as the barometer, but let us not...

The poet, it is true, is an effect of environment, but we must remember that he is no less a cause. He may be used as the barometer, but let us not...

The poet, it is true, is an effect of environment, but we must remember that he is no less a cause. He may be used as the barometer, but let us not...

The poet, it is true, is an effect of environment, but we must remember that he is no less a cause. He may be used as the barometer, but let us not...