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The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Abrams was the general editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, as well as the editor of that anthology entitled The Romantic Period (1798-1832) where he evaluated writers and their reputations. For example, in his introduction to Lord Byron, he emphasizes how Byronism relates to Nietzsche's

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