John Carey is an author and literary critic, and since his retirement has been emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford.
He has twice chaired the Booker Prize committee and is the author of several books, including What Good Are the Arts?, The Intellectuals and the Masses and, most recently, The Unexpected Professor.
He lives in the Cotswolds.
Author photo © Freddie Phillips
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The Unexpected Professor
‘Among the wealthy elders, my views gave some offence. Two or three people walked out of my lecture in Hamburg. At a dinner in Oldenburg […]
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What Good Are the Arts?
From one of the country’s most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of art.