NEW YORK (AP) β M.H. Abrams, founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature and author of an influential book of literary criticism, has died.
Abrams’ death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday by Cornell University president David J. Skorton, who declined to give details. According to the website of the Ithaca-based university, where he was a longtime professor, Abrams died Tuesday at age 102.
Abrams’ “The Mirror and the Lamp” was ranked No. 25 on a Modern Library list of the greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. Abrams also wrote several books about the British Romantics, including “Natural Supernaturalism” and “The Milk of Paradise.”
