1 day ago · John Carey, a critic and professor of literature at the University of Oxford who lobbed contrarian hand grenades at high-culture snobs and ossified elites who, in his view, revered lofty …

Dec 14, 2025 · John Carey, who has died aged 91, bestrode the ever-narrowing bridge that connects the academic teaching of English literature to the world of literary journalism like a colossus. An …

Dec 14, 2025 · John Carey, the former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford who has died aged 91, was one of Britain’s most eminent literary critics, but one who always regarded himself as …

John Carey (5 April 1934 – 11 December 2025) was a British literary critic, and post-retirement (2002) emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford.

Dec 18, 2025 · John Carey, former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford and one of his generation’s most noted literary critics, died last week at the age of 92. His obituary appeared, inter …

1 day ago · John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91 Published 25 Dec 2025

1 day ago · John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91 Dec 25, 2025 - 17:00