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OverviewBest known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, John Carey describes in this warm and funny memoir the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected, age 40, to Oxford's oldest English Literature professorship. He frankly portrays the snobberies and rituals of 1950s Oxford, but also his inspiring meetings with writers and poets - Auden, Graves, Larkin, Heaney - and his forty-year stint as a lead book-reviewer for the Sunday Times. This is a book about the joys of reading - in effect, an informal introduction to the great works of English literature. But it is also about war and family, and how an unexpected background can give you the insight and the courage to say the unexpected thing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor John Carey , Professor John CareyPublisher: Faber & Faber Imprint: Faber & Faber Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 19.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 2.50cm Weight: 0.302kg ISBN: 9780571310937ISBN 10: 0571310931 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 05 March 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor Website: http://www.johncarey.org/John Carey is an Emeritus Professor at Oxford University. His books include studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray, The Intellectuals and the Masses, What Good Are the Arts? and a life of William Golding. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.johncarey.org/Countries AvailableAll regions |
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