The Best of Betjeman

The Best of Betjeman PDF 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.

The Best of Betjeman

The Best of Betjeman PDF Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
A selection of poetry, prose and work for television covering nearly 50 years.

Betjeman’s Best British Churches

Betjeman’s Best British Churches PDF 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

The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman PDF 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.

Summoned by Bells

Summoned by Bells PDF 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

Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman PDF 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.

Trains and Buttered Toast

Trains and Buttered Toast PDF 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

John Betjeman PDF Author: Bevis Hillier
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
ISBN: 9780719564437
Category : Film critics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This biography takes the reader from Betjeman's troubled childhood in north London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W. H. Auden; a clandestine marriage to a field marshal's daughter; pranks as a film critic; wartime service and probable espionage in Ireland, to the glory days of his later years when his Collected Poems became a runaway bestseller. This book is a distillation of Bevis Hillier's three-volume biography, authorized by Betjeman himself.
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