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 a memoir, The Unexpected Professor. His latest project is A Little History of Poetry, published to immediate acclaim in 2020 by Yale University Press.
He lives in the Cotswolds.
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A Little History of Poetry
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature. What is […]