THE DECONSTRUCTIVE ANGEL--M.H.ABRAMS

THE DECONSTRUCTIVE ANGEL

M.H.ABRAMS

Critical summary by Dr. S. Sreekumar for students of Indian Universities

[The PAPER is closely linked to ‘The Critic as Host’ by J. Hillis Miller, the summary of which is available in this blogspot]

M.H.Abrams——a brief biography

Meyer Howard Abrams (M.H. Abrams) was an American literary critic known for his works on English Romanticism. He was also the editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  

Abrams was born on July 23, 1912, in New Jersey as the son of East European Jewish immigrants. He was the first in his family to go to college. He entered Harvard University as an undergraduate in 1930. After earning his bachelor’s degree, Abrams won a Henry Fellowship to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where his tutor was I. A. Richards. He returned to Harvard for graduate school and received a master's degree and a Ph.D.

THE CRITIC AS HOST--J. HILLIS MILLER

THE CRITIC AS HOST

J. Hillis Miller

[Critical summary and analysis by Dr. S. Sreekumar. Exclusively meant for students of Indian Universities]

J. Hillis Miller

Biographical note

Joseph Hillis Miller, Jr. (1928) is an important humanities and literature scholar. He was among the pioneers in introducing phenomenology and deconstruction to Anglo-American audience.

From 1952 to 1972, Miller taught at Johns Hopkins University. In 1972, he joined Yale University where he taught for fourteen years. At Yale, he worked alongside prominent literary critics like Paul de Man and Geoffrey Hartman, where they were collectively known as the Yale School of deconstruction¹.

The Resistance to Theory--Paul de Man

The Resistance to Theory

Paul de Man

Study materials for research scholars of Indian Universities.

Dr. S. Sreekumar

Paul de Man (December 6, 1919 – December 21, 1983) was one of the most prominent literary critics in the United States who succeeded in bringing German and French philosophical approaches into Anglo-American literary studies and critical theory. De Man’s companionship with Jacques Derrida proved very influential as both took up the epistemological difficulties inherent in any textual, literary, or critical activity. This approach aroused considerable opposition, which de Man attributed to "resistance" inherent in the difficult enterprise of literary interpretation itself.