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The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books

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Description for The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books Paperback. A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.

'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 I was seated next to a senior academic who berated me for my leftist leanings - not what he expected of an Oxford professor...'

John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment, looks back on his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship. Books formed the backbone of his life: from Biggles in his boyhood home to G. K. Chesterton in his West London ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571310937
SKU
V9780571310937
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About John Carey
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.

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