Book Cover, Matthew Arnold by Lionel Trilling

This is a Book cover. It was graphic design by Alvin Lustig. It is dated 1955 and we acquired it in 2001. Its medium is lithograph on thick glossy paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Susan Lustig Peck.

Its dimensions are

21.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. )

It is signed

Signature printed vertically, lower right: lustig.

It is inscribed

Printed in blue ink, front cover upper center: MATTHEW; center: Lionel Trilling; lower center: published by the Noonday Press/Sewn-bound for durability M 19 $1.35. Printed in black ink, front cover upper center: ARNOLD; lower left: MERIDIAN BOOKS. Printed vertically in blue ink, side cover: MATTHEW/TRILLING; printed horizontally in blue ink, M 19. Printed vertically in black ink, side cover: ARNOLD/MERIDIAN BOOKS. Printed in blue ink, back cover left center: MATTHEW/by LIONEL TRILLING. Printed in black ink, back cover: ARNOLD/In this definitive exploration of the life and writings/of Arnold, Professor Trilling shows how the thought/of Arnold, both as poet and critic of literature,/politics, and religion, relates to the historical and/intellectual events of his time. This might be said to/be a biography of Arnold’s mind, showing the essen-/tial unity of his thought. Writing with lucidity and/wit, Professor Trilling demonstrates throughout the/relevance of Arnold’s position to the cultural and/political situation of the world today./“One of the best works of historical criticism pro-/duced in this country.”/William Phillips, Partisan Review/“The full and final word on Arnold for our gener-/ation.” W.H. Auden, Common Sense/All Meridian Books are Smyth-Sewn for Durability.

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