Author: M. H. Abrams

Quotes

The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'

The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'

- M. H. Abrams

We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.

We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.

- M. H. Abrams

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

- M. H. Abrams

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

- M. H. Abrams

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

- M. H. Abrams

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