Book Description
Tells the story of a boy's growth to early manhood, seaside holidays, meddling arts, school bullies and an unexpected moment of religious awakening.
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Poets, English
ISBN : 9780719522208
Tells the story of a boy's growth to early manhood, seaside holidays, meddling arts, school bullies and an unexpected moment of religious awakening.
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 33,67 MB
Release : 1960
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 9780719568329
John Betjeman, appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, is celebrated as the best loved poet of the twentieth century. His subtle blend of wit and melancholia, affection and criticism continues to attract an ever-expanding readership. From beneath his sparkling wit and deceptively simple nostalgia, Betjeman emerges as the authority on a broad range of subjects from conservation and church architecture to tradition and Englishness. In this selection of his greatest poetry and prose, cherished classics such as Slough, Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden and A Subaltern’s Love-song sit beside rare gems like Metro-land, Betjeman’s critically acclaimed film script.
Author : Kevin J. Gardner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 29,75 MB
Release : 2006-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441153543
Sir John Betjeman was one of the twentieth century's great makers of the Christian imagination. He was maybe the most significant literary figure of our time to declare his Christian faith and his terror of dying. Betjeman used his formidable gifts for poetry to show us how to think about the Anglican faith and about Englishness and Christianity in general. Here is an anthology of about 75 poems on religious themes, with clarifying footnotes and a critical introduction that offers an overview of his life and poetry as well as a commentary on some of his more difficult poems. Here is a new perspective on Betjeman's life and beliefs. This new edition of Betjeman's religious poetry will demonstrate that Betjeman is the great poet of the Church in the twentieth century; it will also introduce delightful, accessible and important poetry to new readers. It will suggest to both British and American readers ways of thinking about spiritual cultural and ecclesiastical matters as well as about the intersection of literature and art.
Author : Sir John Betjeman
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 1171 pages
File Size : 38,37 MB
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0007416881
A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain’s best parish churches.
Author : Greg Morse
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 12,59 MB
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1782847332
John Betjeman was undoubtedly the most popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson. This book explores his identity through such Victorianism via the verse of that period, but also its architecture, religious faith and - more importantly - religious doubt.
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780393044232
Much of the originality of John Betjeman as a poet, apart from the unique assonance of his haunting verse forms, comes from the sharp and affectionate gusto with which he introduces his readers to the people and places in a poetic world he has made so much his own. He has few rivals in the personal harmonics he draws from his themes and from the natural world as the setting for human hopes and achievements in all their odd, humorous, and poignant trajectories.
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,89 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words--the poetry for which he is best known and, even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman's talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now, collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of 20th-century broadcasting.
Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : John Murray Pubs Limited
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780719565458
John Betjeman was without question the most popular poet of the twentieth century and his poems have been bought and read by millions. He opened eyes to what before him had seemed ordinary but is now unforgettable. There is no other poet remotely like him and this collection of favourites is a perfect reminder of his extraordinary originality and appeal. It is perfect too for those who still have in store the pleasure of discovery.
Author : William S. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198184034
This bibliography describes all John Betjeman's known writings, including his own books, contributions to periodicals and to books by others, lectures, and radio and television programs. Other categories include editorships and interviews, as well as a section devoted to writings about him. Manuscripts and drafts of his works are described in detail.