M.H.Abrams'View on Humanistic Criticism:Multiple Perspectives and Humanistic Pursuits
M.H.Abrams is a famous contemporary American humanistic critic and master of Romantic studies.His representative works,The Mirror and the Lamp and Natural Supernaturalism,are considered to be the classics of Anglo-American humanistic criticism.Scholars have made abundant research achievements in his critical practice,while ignoring his theoretical contributions to humanistic criticism.As a matter of fact,Abrams discusses humanistic criticism in a number of works and essays which elaborate the essence,purpose and methods of humanistic criticism.According to Abrams,literature is the product of the"human world",the communicative"intermediary",expressing"human concern"with"flexible,nuanced""humanistic discourse".The purpose of literary criticism is"humanistic pursuits",and as humanistic search for truth is always in process,multiple perspectives yield a vision in truth.
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