and the Lamp one of the 100 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. The Norton Anthology of English Literature Abrams was the general editor of The Norton Anthology, and the editor of The Romantic Period (1798–1832) in that anthology, and he evaluated writers and their reputations. In his introduction to Lord Byron, he emphasized how Byronism relates to Nietzsche's idea of the superman. In the introduction to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Abrams said, "The tragedy of Shelley's short life was that intending always the best, he brought disaster and suffering upon himself and those he loved." Classification of literary theories Literary theories, Abrams argues, can be divided into four main groups: Mimetic Theories (interested in the relationship between the Work and the Universe) Pragmatic Theories (interested in the relationship between the Work and the Audience) Expressive Theories (interested in the relationship between the Work and the Artist) Objective Theories (interested in close reading of the Work) Works The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1953) The Poetry of Pope: a selection (1954) Literature and Belief: English Institute essays, 1957. (1957) editor A Glossary of Literary Terms (Geoffrey Harpham, 1957; 9th ed. 2009) English Romantic Poets: modern essays in criticism (1960) The Norton Anthology of English Literature (1962) founding editor, many later editions The Milk of Paradise: the effect of opium visions on the works of DeQuincey, Crabbe, Francis Thompson, and Coleridge (1970) Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature (1971) The Correspondent Breeze: essays on English Romanticism (1984) Doing Things with Texts: essays in criticism and critical theory (1989) The Fourth Dimension of a Poem and Other Essays (2012) References Bibliography Lawrence Lipking, editor (1981) High Romantic Argument: Essays For M.H. Abrams External links "The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism" entry Short informative text on him. M.H. Abrams reads poetry aloud at the National Humanities Center 1912 births 2015 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American academics of English literature American literary critics American literary theorists American male non-fiction writers American centenarians Cornell University faculty Literary critics of English Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jewish American academics People from Long Branch, New Jersey Harvard College alumni Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Humanities Medal recipients Men centenarians 21st-century American male writers