Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
John Carey
Born: April 5, 1934 (age 91)
Bio: John Carey is a British literary critic, and post-retirement 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.
Known for:
- The Faber Book of Science
- Thackeray
- Milton Complete Shorter Poems
- Andrew Marvell: a critical anthology
- Here comes Dickens