Author: M. H. Abrams

Quotes

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

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

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

- 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

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

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