question: Who has a wider scope of profession, Dan Masterson or  Lionel Trilling?
answer: Lionel Mordecai Trilling
context: Title: Lionel Trilling
  Passage: Lionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher.  He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the twentieth century who traced the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature.  With his wife Diana Trilling (née Rubin), whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the "Partisan Review".
  Title: Dan Masterson
  Passage: Dan Masterson (born February 22, 1934) is an American poet born in Buffalo, New York, United States (US).  He became a poet after several jobs as an actor, narrator, disc jockey (DJ), lay missionary worker, advertising copywriter, and theatrical public relations director.
  Title: Slavery in Libya
  Passage: Slavery in Libya has a long history and a lasting impact on the Libyan culture.  It is closely connected with the wider context of slavery in north Africa.  Therefore, it is better understood when this wider scope is taken into account.
  Title: The Liberal Imagination (1950)
  Passage: "The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society" (1950) is a collection of sixteen essays by critic, novelist, and professor of English Lionel Trilling.  It was published by The Viking Press in 1950, which had published Trilling’s first and only novel, "The Middle of the Journey", three years earlier in 1947.  "The Liberal Imagination" was edited by Pascal Covici, who had worked with Trilling when he edited and introduced Viking’s "Portable Matthew Arnold" in 1949.
citations: Lionel Trilling Dan Masterson