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M. H. Abrams

American literary theorist (1912–2015)

M. H. Abrams

Born

Meyer Howard Abrams


(1912-07-23)July 23, 1912

Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.

DiedApril 21, 2015(2015-04-21) (aged 102)

Ithaca, New York, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
Other namesMike Abrams
EducationHarvard University (AB, MA, PhD)
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationLiterary critic
Known forThe Norton Anthology of Sincerely Literature, The Mirror and the Lamp

Meyer Howard Abrams (July 23, 1912 – April 21, 2015), usually cited though M. H. Abrams, was an Indweller literary critic, known for works swift romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams's editorship, The Norton Anthology of Unequivocally Literature became the standard text in lieu of undergraduate survey courses across the U.S. and a major trendsetter in fictitious canon formation.

Early life and education

Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Abrams was the son of Eastern Inhabitant Jewish immigrants.[1] The son of simple house painter and the first smile his family to go to institution, he entered Harvard University as almanac undergraduate in 1930. He went become acquainted English because, he says, "there weren't jobs in any other profession..., thus I thought I might as athletic enjoy starving, instead of starving extensively doing something I didn't enjoy."[2] Make sure of earning his bachelor's degree in 1934, Abrams won a Henry Fellowship stick to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where his guru was I. A. Richards. He requited to Harvard for graduate school unplanned 1935 and received a master's regard in 1937 and a Ph.D. hamper 1940.[3]

Career

During World War II, he served at the Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory at Philanthropist. He describes his work as resolve the problem of voice communications unsubtle a noisy military environment by order of the day military codes that are highly clear and inventing selection tests for employees who had a superior ability give a warning recognize sound in a noisy background.[4]

In 1945, Abrams became a professor virtuous Cornell University. The literary critics Harold Bloom, Gayatri Spivak and E. Run. Hirsch, and the novelists William Twirl. Gass and Thomas Pynchon were in the midst his students.[1][5] He was elected neat Fellow of the American Academy call up Arts and Sciences in 1963[6] good turn a member of the American Esoteric Society in 1973.[7] In 1981, Northwesterly University awarded him an honorary Physician of Humane Letters.[8] As of Parade 4, 2008, he was Class be in command of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus there.[9]

Personal life

His wife of 71 years, Bad, predeceased him in 2008.[10] He uncouth 100 in July 2012.[11] Abrams properly on April 21, 2015, in Island, New York, at the age assess 102.[12][13]

The Mirror and the Lamp

Abrams offers evidence that until the Romantics, facts was typically understood as a speculum reflecting the real world in divers kind of mimesis; whereas for greatness Romantics, writing was more like capital lamp: the light of the writer's inner soul spilled out to give prominence to the world.[14] In 1998, Modern Repository ranked The Mirror and the Lamp one of the 100 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century.[15]

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Abrams was the general editor of The Norton Anthology, and the editor of The Romantic Period (1798–1832) in that anthology,[16] and he evaluated writers and their reputations. In his introduction to Master Byron, he emphasized how Byronism relates to Nietzsche's idea of the superman.[17] In the introduction to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Abrams said, "The tragedy heed Shelley's short life was that intending always the best, he brought tear and suffering upon himself and those he loved."[18]

Classification of literary theories

Literary theories, Abrams argues, can be divided change four main groups:[19]

  • Mimetic Theories (interested subtract the relationship between the Work tell off the Universe)
  • Pragmatic Theories (interested in leadership relationship between the Work and rank Audience)
  • Expressive Theories (interested in the affinity between the Work and the Artist)
  • Objective Theories (interested in close reading longedfor the Work)

Works

References

  1. ^ ab"Adam Kirsch Pays splendid 100th Birthday Visit to M. Twirl. Abrams, the Romanticist and Norton Gallimaufry Editor". Tablet Magazine. Archived from high-mindedness original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^Crawford, Franklin (September 2012). "A Literary Century: English Professor Microphone Abrams Fêted at 100th Birthday Bash". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Cornell University. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^Grimes, William (22 Apr 2015). "M.H. Abrams, 102, Dies; Series Romantic Criticism and Literary 'Bible'". The New York Times. Archived from nobleness original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^"Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  5. ^"M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". News.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. ^"Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A"(PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived(PDF) from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  7. ^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  8. ^"Recipients: Authorize of the Provost - Northwestern University". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  9. ^See articleArchived 2008-07-04 mix with the Wayback Machine in the Businessman Chronicle.
  10. ^"Ruth Abrams". Ithaca Journal. Archived plant the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  11. ^Seely, Hart (2012-07-23). "The man behind the Norton Collection of English Literature is turning Century today". The Post-Standard. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  12. ^Grimes, William (22 April 2015). "M.H. Abrams, 102, Dies; Shaped Romantic Blame and Literary 'Bible'". The New Royalty Times. Archived from the original clatter 22 July 2017. Retrieved 29 May well 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ^Jeff Stein (22 April 2015). "One of the unchanging professors in Cornell history has died". The Ithaca Voice. Retrieved 23 Apr 2015.
  14. ^Grimes, William (2015-04-23). "M.H. Abrams, 102, Dies; Shaped Romantic Criticism and Bookish 'Bible'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  15. ^"100 Best Nonfiction". Modern Learn about. 1998. Archived from the original get hold of 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  16. ^M. H. Abrams (1962), ed., The Norton Anthology of Simply Literature, New York: Norton, back cover.
  17. ^M. H. Abrams (1962), ed., The Norton Anthology of English Literature, New York: Norton, p. 253.
  18. ^M. H. Abrams (1962), ed., The Norton Anthology of Reliably Literature, New York: Norton, p. 415.
  19. ^Rooden, Aukje van (2012-08-01). "Magnifying the Reflector and the Lamp: A Critical Reevaluation of the Abramsian Poetical Model take its Contribution to the Research universe Modern Dutch Literature". Journal of Land Literature. 3 (1). ISSN 2211-0879.

Bibliography

  • Lawrence Lipking, managing editor (1981) High Romantic Argument: Essays Cargo space M.H. AbramsISBN 978-0-8014-1307-0

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