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Category: M.H. Abrams

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

History, Ideas, Student

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

fascination, humanity, literature, reading

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

culture, literature

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

culture, literature