When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
M. H. Abrams Quotes
The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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| Birth: | 23rd July, 1912 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Critic |
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Meyer Howard Abrams is an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams' editorship, the Norton Anthology of English Literature became the standard text for undergraduate survey courses across the U.S. and a major trendsetter in literary canon formation.
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