ABSTRACT F. R. Leavis and Lionel Trilling were two of the more impassioned spokesmen for critical intelligence in twentieth century letters. Part of the continued fascination with both these figures is the clear roles they played as critics writing for distinct publics. The discursive personae they created in assuming this function offers a revealing look into the nature of mid-century criticism during the height of its influence. The aim in what follows is to prompt renewed (not nostalgic) reflection on a time in critical history that foregrounds the style of two of our more powerful defenders of the critical function in the middle years of the twentieth century. To appreciate their style more fully we need to look at them working in their own terms, that is to say writing essays and reviews for the various literary magazines and periodicals they engaged throughout their careers.

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Leavis 和 Trilling：共同的追求

摘要 FR Leavis 和 Lionel Trilling 是 20 世纪信件中两位对批判情报更为热情的代言人。对这两个人物持续着迷的部分原因是他们作为为不同公众写作的评论家所扮演的角色。他们在假设这一功能时所创造的话语人格提供了对本世纪中叶批评在其影响高峰期的本质的揭示。以下内容的目的是促进对批判历史时期的重新（而非怀旧）反思，该时期突出了我们在 20 世纪中叶的两个更强大的批判功能捍卫者的风格。为了更充分地欣赏他们的风格，我们需要以他们自己的方式看待他们的工作，