The Best of Betjeman

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
ISBN: 9780719568329
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
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.

Betjeman’s Best British Churches

Author: Sir John Betjeman
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007416881
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1171

Book Description
A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain’s best parish churches.

The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
ISBN: 9780719565458
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
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.

Trains and Buttered Toast

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
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.

John Betjeman's Collected Poems

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description

Summoned by Bells

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780719522208
Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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.

Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
ISBN: 9780719555329
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This volume presents a selection of Betjeman's poems. They deal with love of many sorts, with people of all kinds observed with comedy and pathos, with the places he made his own and with the church whose foibles he pinpointed so exactly.

A Nip in the Air

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393044232
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 62

Book Description
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.

Tennis Whites and Teacakes

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472

Book Description
Betjeman's England is a place of patriotic poets and seaside coves, provincial cathedrals and eccentric dons. For fifty years, Betjeman celebrated the glories of Englishness and what it meant to be English. Against a tide of rapid change, he unearthed forgotten heroes, bygone haunts and old-fashioned modes of thought. But as this original collection reveals, his appeal goes far beyond simple nostalgia. It lies in his passionate convictions, his humour and his humanity. What does it mean to be English? What is Englishness? For fifty years, at a time when other people were becoming more internationally aware, John Betjeman immersed himself in the glories of English culture - its places, its writings, its heroes. Seaside architecture, national poets, the great cathedrals, our ancient townscapes - all were hard-won achievements, he pleaded, with pleasures and delights that we threw away at our peril. Tennis Whites and Teacakes brings together the best of Betjeman's poetry, private letters, journalism and musings to present a fully rounded picture of what he stood for. From his arguments for new steel buildings to his amusement about the etiquette of village teashops, it reveals Betjeman not just as a sentimentalist but as a passionate observer with a wonderful sense of humour and an acute eye.

John Betjeman on Churches

Author: Jonathan Glancey
Publisher: Methuen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
The best-loved of English poets, John Betjeman (1906-1984) was also a great champion of British heritage and his legacy lives on, not just in his poetry, but in his diaries, broadcasts, and letters. He famously campaigned to save many church buildings, and his work encouraged a greater appreciation of overlooked Victorian churches and architects. Illustrated with black and white photographs and accompanied by Glancey's amusing editorial notes, this is a beautiful book for enthusiasts of Betjeman, and people similarly passionate about conservation and restoration.