Lionel Trilling : negative capability and the wisdom of avoidance
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Boyers examines the work of author and literary critic, Lionel Trilling, identifying a major theme of Trilling's writing style, criticism, and personal political stance as the avoidance of ideology. Boyers acknowledges this theme is central to Trilling's ability to describe an idea fully in all its complexity.