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Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (born July 231912) 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 US and a major trendsetter in literary canon formation.
Life
He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He studied to doctoral level at Harvard University, and became a professor at Cornell University.
Works
- The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1953) ISBN 0195014715
- The Poetry of Pope: A Selection (1954) ISBN 0882950673
- Literature and Belief: English Institute Essays, 1957. (1957) editor ISBN 0231022786
- A Glossary of Literary Terms (1958) ISBN 015505452X
- English Romantic Poets: Modern Essays In Criticism (1960) ISBN 0195019466
- Norton Anthology of English Literature (1962) founding editor, many later editions (current edition is 7th, published in 2000 with others, however in the new edition (8th) Stephen Greenblatt has taken over the General Editor's position ISBN 0393151123)
- The Milk of Paradise: The Effect of Opium Visions on the Works of DeQuincey, Crabbe, Francis Thompson, and Coleridge (1970) ISBN 0374900280
- Natural Supernaturalism Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature (1971) ISBN 0393043053
- The Correspondent Breeze: Essays on English Romanticism (1984) ISBN 0393303403
- Doing Things with Texts : Essays in Criticism and Critical Theory (1989) ISBN 0393027139
Online Texts
Reference
- Lawrence Lipking, editor (1981) High Romantic Argument: Essays For M.H. Abrams ISBN 0801413079
External links
- "The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism" entry Short informative text on him.
1912 births | American literary critics | Jewish American writers | Living people | Members of The American Academy of Arts and Letters
"M. H. Abrams"