John Carey
John Carey is Emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford University, a distinguished critic, reviewer and broadcaster, and the author of several books, including studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray, as well as The Intellectuals and the Masses. He is the editor of Faber anthologies of Reportage, Utopias and Science. His recent book, What Good are the Arts? was praised by Blake Morrison as 'incisive and inspirational.'
Books by John Carey
The Essential Paradise Lost
Published: July 2019
A seminal contribution to literary criticism from one of the UK's greatest living academics.
The Inheritors
Published: August 2015
A startling recreation of the lost world of the neanderthals, and a frightening vision of the beginnings of a new age.
The Unexpected Professor
Published: March 2015
John Carey's hugely acclaimed memoir, in which he reflects on a life immersed in literature.
William Golding
Published: November 2010
The first authorised biography of one of the foremost novelists of the twentieth century - now in paperback.
William Golding
Published: August 2009
The first authorised biography of one of the foremost novelists of the twentieth century.
What Good are the Arts?
Published: September 2006
From one of Britain's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of the arts.
The Faber Book of Utopias
Published: March 2006
The Faber Book of Reportage
Published: July 2005
'A quite stunning collection. There are descriptions in this book so fresh that they sear themselves into the imagination.' - Jeremy Paxman
The Intellectuals and the Masses
Published: July 2005
The Faber Book of Science
Published: July 2005
