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John Carey (critic)
Literary critic
John Carey (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.
John carey biography
He has twice chaired the Booker Prize committee, in 1982 and 2003, and chaired the judging panel for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005.
Education and career
He was born in Barnes, London, and educated at Richmond and East Sheen Boys' Grammar School, winning an Open Scholarship to St John's College, Oxford.
He has held posts in a number of Oxford colleges, and is an emeritus fellow of Merton, where he became a professor in 1975, retiring in 2002.[1]
Literary criticism
Carey's scholarly work is generally agreed to be of the highest order and greatly influential.
Among these productions is his co-edition, with Alastair Fowler, of the Poems of John Milton (Longma