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M. H. Abrams

Critic

Born: Jul 23, 1912

Died: Apr 21, 2015

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

History You Culture Had Understand Literature Place Believed

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student. M. H. Abrams

Harold John Student Students Another Always Bloom Former Fun Tom

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading. M. H. Abrams

Work Hard Work Reading Easier Easy Easy Reading Makes Least Hard

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background. M. H. Abrams

Problem Superior Military Background Recognize Ability Solving Invented Voice Selection Had Environment Highly Noisy Sound Tests Established Personnel Worked Communications Who Codes

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect. M. H. Abrams

You People Will Young Think Complain Heyday About Something Seize Had New Passed Continue Effect Up Young People

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