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

M. H. Abrams

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

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About M. H. Abrams

Meyer Howard Abrams (July 23, 1912 – April 21, 2015), usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams's 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.