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M.H. Abrams quotes: The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

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 quotes: I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.

I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.

M.H. Abrams quotes: The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

M.H. Abrams quotes: Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.

Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.

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

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

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

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

M.H. Abrams quotes: When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

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

M.H. Abrams quotes: Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.

Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.

M.H. Abrams quotes: If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle.

If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle.

M.H. Abrams quotes: Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

M.H. Abrams quotes: It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

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

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

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

M.H. Abrams quotes: I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected.

I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected.

M.H. Abrams quotes: If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

M.H. Abrams quotes: If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.