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Website. www .johncarey .org. John Carey, FBA, FRSL (born 5 April 1934) is a British literary critic, and post-retirement (2002) emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He is known for his anti-elitist views on high culture, as expounded in several books.
Apr 29, 2020 · John Carey: The last public critic. A distinguished Oxford academic and newspaper critic, Carey has been a cultural influencer for 50 years. He is a high-establishment insider – and yet has never forgotten the social slights he experienced as a young man. By Leo Robson.
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PURE PLEASURE: A GUIDE TO THE 20TH CENTURY’S MOST ENJOYABLE BOOKS By John Carey | GeorgeKelley.org. 19 Replies. A couple days ago, I reviewed John Carey’s memoir, The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books. Carey talked about a book he was particularly proud of, Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the 20th Century’s Most Enjoyable Books.
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Dec 8, 2022 · Culture. From the January / February 2023 issue. Lips and ledges: the writings of John Carey. A new collection of journalism by one of Britain’s most perceptive literary critics contains much to savour. But, sadly, it also omits his more acerbic side. By Rhodri Lewis. December 8, 2022. REVIEWED HERE.
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Mar 30, 2014 · Sun 30 Mar 2014 09.30 EDT. A t the very beginning of John Carey 's enjoyable ramble through his life as a scholar, critic, literary prize judge, writer and professor, he admits that at first he...
Mar 4, 2020 · 1.85K subscribers. Subscribed. 156. 7K views 4 years ago. A short film about 'A Little History of Poetry' with John Carey, emeritus professor at Oxford University. ...more. 'A Little History of...
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