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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.
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Feb 27, 2014 · John Carey has been, among other things, a professor of English at Oxford, a prominent reviewer and book-prize judge, and an ardent bee-keeper. He tells us that he considered writing a history of ...
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Feb 29, 2020 · A Little History of Poetry by John Carey is published by Yale (£14.99). To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com. Free UK p&p over £15. Explore more on these topics. Literary criticism;
Apr 29, 2020 · A long read on the life and work of John Carey, a prominent Oxford academic and newspaper critic who has been a cultural influencer for 50 years. The article explores his background, his career, his views on literature and his latest book, A Little History of Poetry.
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Dec 8, 2022 · John Carey is, or ought to be, a national treasure. The Merton professor of English literature at Oxford from 1975 to 2002, he is the brilliant editor of Milton, the brilliant author of books about Dickens and Thackeray and Donne, and the brilliant biographer of William Golding; he has also been a tireless campaigner for the common reader against the snobbery, as he conceives it, of literary ...
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Mar 30, 2014 · 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 wanted to write a history of ...
