M. H. Abrams

M. H. Abrams was an American literary critic, writer, university teacher, journalist and literary scholar (1912–2015). He was born at Long Branch and died at Ithaca.

Also recorded as Meyer Howard Abrams.

M. H. Abrams in brief

Born
1912
Died
2015
Known for
literary critic, writer, university teacher, journalist, literary scholar, man of letters and scholar of english
Place of birth
Long Branch
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Formation and teaching

M. H. Abrams studied at Harvard University and Magdalene College. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Philosophy.

As a teacher, M. H. Abrams is recorded in connection with Harold Bloom. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

M. H. Abrams worked in history of literature, literary studies and Romantic literature.

He was employed by Cornell University. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society.

Recognition and collections

M. H. Abrams received Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and James Russell Lowell Prize.

Catalogued works

47 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1942 to 2000.

The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. The Norton Anthology of English Literature --Seventh Edition -- Volume 2A. Fourth Dimension of a Poem. The mirror and the lamp. The Twentieth Century and After -- Ninth Edition. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Fourth Edition -- Volume 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- The Major Authors -- Volume B, dated 2000. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- The Major Authors. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Major Authors Edition. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Fourth Edition -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Revised -- Volume 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Third Edition -- Volume 1. The Norton anthology of English literature -- Third Edition. The Norton anthology of English literature -- Third Major Authors Edition. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Sixth Edition -- Volume 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Sixth Edition -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Third Edition -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Fifth Edition -- Volume 2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Fifth Edition -- Volume 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 (Packaged with Media Companion). Wen xue shu yu ci dian (Zhong Ying dui zhao). The milk of paradise. Glossary of Literary Terms. A glossary of literary terms. Doing Things with Texts. English romantic poets. Abrams Norton Anth. The Norton Anthology of English Literature With Wuthering Heights. The Norton Anthology. The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Ninth Edition) (Vol. Package 2: Volumes D, E, F). Literature and Belief. Romantic Period. Norton Anthology of English Literature. The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Ninth Edition -- Volume C. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 A. Athletes : the paintings of Joe Wilder, M.D / foreword by Lewis Thomas ; essays by Red Auerbach [and others] ; afterword by Dore Ashton., dated 1985, held by Wellcome Collection. John James Audubon / Ella M. Foshay., dated 1997, held by Wellcome Collection. Head of a woman soldier, a member of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). Colour lithograph after Abram Games, 1944., dated [1944], held by Wellcome Collection. A compass clock, indicating the urgency of the need for blood donors. Colour lithograph by Abram Games, 1943., dated [1943], held by Wellcome Collection. A clock, indicating the urgency of the need for blood-donors. Colour lithograph after Abram Games, 1943., dated [1943], held by Wellcome Collection. A soldier within a blood-flask, referring to the army's need of blood-donations. Colour lithograph after Abram Games, 1943., dated [1943], held by Wellcome Collection. The scabies mite as a danger to soldiers. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1942., dated [1942], held by Wellcome Collection. A talkative British soldier in bed in hospital revealing secrets to a listening German soldier under the bed. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1944., dated [1944], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 27 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Message from David Abrams, President, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2005. David Abrams, BMJ, 2023. Flora of Los Angeles and vicinity, by LeRoy Abrams., 1911. Abrams, Lee, Oxford Music Online, 2003. Abrams, Ray, Oxford Music Online, 2003. Du plaisir du texte à l'utilité de la littérature, Carnets, 2016. Sentir la voz poética en Los heraldos negros, Espergesia, 2020. Challenges of Rendering Qur’anic Total Paronomasia: A Semantic-Pragmatic Study, Wadī Al-Nīl Lil Dirāsāt wa Al-Buẖūṯ Al-Insāniyyaẗ wa Al-Iğtimāʿiyyaẗ wa Al-Tarbawiyyaẗ, 2021. “A Novel Against the Novel”: David Markson’s Antinovelistic Tetralogy, Polish Journal of English Studies, 2015. “There Is No Good War”: The Firebombing of Dresden and Kurt Vonnegut’s View Towards World War II in Slaughterhouse-Five, Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature Third Edition (1975) — Internet Archive. English Romantic Poets: Modern Essays in Criticism (1960) — Internet Archive. English Romantic Poets Modern Essays in Criticism (1967) — Internet Archive. the norton anthology of english literature (1962) — Internet Archive. Mirror & the Lamp Romantic Theory & The Critical Tradition (1958) — Internet Archive. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Revised: Major Authors Edition (1968) — Internet Archive. The milk of paradise (Perennial Library) (1970) — Internet Archive. Doing things with texts (1989) — Internet Archive. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1953) — Internet Archive. A Glossary of Literary Terms (2015) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

M. H. Abrams studied at Harvard University and Magdalene College. Harold Bloom is recorded as having studied under M. H. Abrams. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is history of literature, literary studies and Romantic literature.

Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and James Russell Lowell Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1912M. H. Abrams born at Long Branch.
  2. 1958Mirror & the Lamp Romantic Theory & The Critical Tradition digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1960English Romantic Poets: Modern Essays in Criticism digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1962the norton anthology of english literature digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1967English Romantic Poets Modern Essays in Criticism digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1968The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Revised: Major Authors Edition digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1975The Norton Anthology of English Literature Third Edition digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2015M. H. Abrams died at Ithaca.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “M. H. Abrams”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1523584: M. H. Abrams

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