When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
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The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
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| Birth: | 23rd July, 1912 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Critic |
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Meyer Howard Abrams is an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams' editorship, the Norton Anthology of English Literature became the standard text for undergraduate survey courses across the U.S. and a major trendsetter in literary canon formation.
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