Description
| Product ID: | 9780571310937 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Unexpected Professor |
| Subtitle: | An Oxford Life in Books |
| Authors: | Author: Professor John Carey |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: literary, Literary studies: general, Higher education, tertiary education, Literary studies: general, Universities, United Kingdom, Great Britain, English, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. ''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...'' |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-03-05 |