"The subject of an autobiography is just such a self, bent on revealing himself in all his truth, bent, that is to say, on demonstrating his sincerity. His conception of his private and uniquely interesting individuality, together with his impulse to reveal his self, to demonstrate that in it which is to be admired and trusted, are, we may believe, his response to the newly available sense of an audience, of that public which society has created."
-Lionel Trilling
(Sincerity and Authenticity)
-Lionel Trilling
(Sincerity and Authenticity)
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