Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
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