On the "death of literature"
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
— M. H. Abrams
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Source: Wikiquote: "M. H. Abrams" (Quotes, Cornell Chronicle interview (1999): "Honored literary scholar M. H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)" in The Cornell Chronicle (10 June 1999))
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About M. H. Abrams
Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (23 July 1912 – 22 April 2015) was an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1971).
About M. H. Abrams
Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (23 July 1912 – 22 April 2015) was an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1971).
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