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John Betjeman (1906–1984)

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A leading modern champion of the values of an older England, John Betjeman was born in Highgate, London, to a well-off merchant family. The loneliness and suffering of his upbringing, first under nursemaids and then at a series of schools, often surface in his poetry. He went to Magdalene College, näytä lisää Oxford, where he belonged to the same smart social set as Evelyn Waugh. Deliberately free from the difficulties of much modern verse, Betjeman's poetry harks back to a more accessible British tradition that includes Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Thomas Hardy. With quiet wit he resisted the debasements of modern mass culture in favor of an older England simpler, more rural, and more religious than the current one. Both W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin especially admired his work, and Auden even edited a selection of it. His harsher critics have found him unintellectual and sentimental. His poetry has achieved a huge circulation in Great Britain, with the Collected Poems (1958) reputedly selling more than 100,000 copies. Considered a national institution, he succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as poet laureate in 1972. Betjeman worked in a variety of media and achieved wide public attention as host for a television series on the history of British architecture, one of his prime interests. He wrote a great deal on architecture, especially for the Architectural Review. Betjeman died in 1984. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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Tekijän teokset

Collected Poems (1958) 784 kappaletta
The Best of Betjeman (1978) 259 kappaletta
Summoned By Bells (1960) 213 kappaletta
Tennis Whites and Teacakes (2007) 83 kappaletta
Betjeman's Britain (1999) 83 kappaletta
English Cities & Small Towns (1943) 82 kappaletta
John Betjeman Selected Poems (2004) 76 kappaletta
First and Last Loves (1952) 71 kappaletta
English Love Poems (1974) — Toimittaja — 59 kappaletta
An Oxford University Chest (1938) 56 kappaletta
Sweet Songs of Zion (2007) 55 kappaletta
Betjeman's England (2009) 49 kappaletta
The City of London Churches (1965) 46 kappaletta
Church Poems (1981) 44 kappaletta
The Illustrated Summoned by Bells (1984) 41 kappaletta
John Betjeman on Trains (2006) 39 kappaletta
A nip in the air (1974) 35 kappaletta
Westminster Abbey (1972) 35 kappaletta
In Praise of Churches (1996) 34 kappaletta
John Piper (1944) 30 kappaletta
Betjeman's Best British Churches (2011) 30 kappaletta
High and Low (1966) 28 kappaletta
Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman (2003) 25 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Cornwall (1935) 23 kappaletta
Betjeman's Cornwall (1988) 20 kappaletta
John Betjeman (1958) 20 kappaletta
Uncollected Poems (1745) 19 kappaletta
A Few Late Chrysanthemums (1954) 19 kappaletta
Archie and the Strict Baptists (1977) 17 kappaletta
Altar and pew: Church of England verses (Pocket poets) (1959) — Toimittaja — 16 kappaletta
John Betjeman's Oxford (1990) 16 kappaletta
Classic Hymns & Carols (2012) — Esipuhe — 15 kappaletta
English Churches (1964) 15 kappaletta
Poems in the porch (1955) 14 kappaletta
Victorian and Edwardian Cornwall from Old Photographs (1976) — Tekijä — 11 kappaletta
New bats in old belfries : poems (1945) 10 kappaletta
Vintage London (1942) 8 kappaletta
Betjeman's Banana Blush (1995) 4 kappaletta
Slick But Not Streamlined (1947) 4 kappaletta
Parody Party (1970) — Tekijä — 3 kappaletta
Betjeman Reads Betjeman (1993) 3 kappaletta
Antiquarian prejudice 3 kappaletta
Metro-Land 3 kappaletta
Metro-land 2 kappaletta
The John Betjeman Hymnbook (2011) 2 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Shropshire (1951) 1 kappale
Varsity Rag 1 kappale
Poems 1 kappale
Metro-Land [DVD] [1973] (1973) 1 kappale

Associated Works

Fahrenheit 451 (1953) — Jälkisanat, eräät painokset53,500 kappaletta
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Avustaja — 1,254 kappaletta
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Avustaja, eräät painokset915 kappaletta
The Nation's Favourite Poems (1996) — Avustaja — 622 kappaletta
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954)eräät painokset443 kappaletta
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (1950) — Avustaja, eräät painokset264 kappaletta
The Portable Conservative Reader (1982) — Avustaja — 210 kappaletta
British Poetry Since 1945 (1970) — Avustaja, eräät painokset166 kappaletta
English Cottages (1982) — Johdanto — 135 kappaletta
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Avustaja — 72 kappaletta
The Faber Book of Christmas (1996) — Avustaja — 47 kappaletta
The Third Omnibus of Crime (1935) — Avustaja — 44 kappaletta
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969) — Avustaja — 35 kappaletta
The Book of Ghost Stories (1979) — Esipuhe — 33 kappaletta
Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Critical Essays (1969) — Avustaja — 26 kappaletta
The English Counties Illustrated (1948) — Avustaja — 18 kappaletta
Vanishing Victoriana (1976) — Esipuhe — 17 kappaletta
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight: New Poems of the Macabre (1961) — Avustaja — 16 kappaletta
Song at the Year's Turning: Poems 1942–1954 (1955) — Johdanto, eräät painokset16 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Suffolk (1960) — Toimittaja — 14 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Northumberland (1954) — Toimittaja — 13 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Norfolk (1957) — Toimittaja — 12 kappaletta
Homage to P. G. Wodehouse (1973) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Gloucestershire (1939) — Toimittaja — 12 kappaletta
Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1982) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Pilot to the South Coast Harbours (1971) — Toimittaja — 9 kappaletta
All Day Long: An Anthology of Poetry for Children (1954) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
Men and Women: The Poetry of Love (1970) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
Little Innocents: Childhood Reminiscences (1932) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Devon (1937) — Toimittaja — 7 kappaletta
The West Country Book (1981) — Avustaja — 6 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Mid Wales: Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery (1960) — Toimittaja — 6 kappaletta
From Tower to Tower Block: the Buildings of Hackney (1979) — Esipuhe — 6 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Oxfordshire — Toimittaja — 5 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Worcestershire (1964) — Toimittaja — 5 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Wiltshire (1956) — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Shell Guide : The West Coast Of Scotland (1938) — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Herefordshire — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
The West in English History (1949) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Shell Guide : Rutland (1963) — Toimittaja — 3 kappaletta
Metro-Land 3 kappaletta
One Hundred Years a Diocese (1977) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Anton — Esipuhe — 1 kappale
Typography : a quarterly, no. 2, Spring 1937 (1937) — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Little reviews anthology — Avustaja, eräät painokset1 kappale

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Syntymäaika
1906-08-28
Kuolinaika
1984-05-19
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
England (birth)
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Highgate, London, England, UK
Kuolinpaikka
Trebetherick, Cornwall, England
Asuinpaikat
London, England, UK
Trebetherick, Cornwall, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland
Uffington, England, UK
Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Koulutus
University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Byron House
Highgate School
Dragon School
Marlborough College
Ammatit
poet
writer
broadcaster
Suhteet
Chetwode, Penelope (wife)
Green, Candida Lycett (daughter)
Green, Imogen Lycett (granddaughter)
Eliot, T. S. (teacher)
Lewis, C. S. (tutor)
Wilson, Mary (friend)
Organisaatiot
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1973)
Friends of Friendless Churches
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1960)
Knight Bachelor (1969)
Poet Laureate of England (1972)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Sir John Betjeman, (1906 – 1984) was a twentieth-century English poet, writer and broadcaster. Born to a middle-class family in Edwardian Hampstead, he attended Oxford University, and his early ability in writing poetry and interest in architecture supported him throughout his life. Starting his career as a journalist, he ended it as British Poet Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television. His works include poetry, prose and television appearances.

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This selection of Betjeman's poems was read by himself. Some of them had an introduction from him, what he was thinking or the meaning of some words and terms used. At times he is a miserable old so and so "things were better back when...". At other times his attitudes towards women is slightly uncomfortable, the gels etc. But in some of these there are some lovely lyrical images conjured up. I'm fairly sure that there were some in here I'd not heard or read before. As a bell ringer I find his fascination with bells to be enchanting, he really is enthralled by them.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Helenliz | Jun 16, 2023 |
A lovely, straightforward story about Archie, a teddy bear, who enjoys attending the Strict Baptist chapel nearby. When (his unseen human) family moves away, he misses attending services until he manages to cut some wings out of brown paper and fly to the local chapel. He shares the sermons with his friend and fellow cupboard dweller, Jumbo, a small stuffed elephant. There are Aneucapnic lamps in the first chapel.
 
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raizel | May 6, 2020 |
Doesn't inspire great passion, but easy to enjoy and admire.
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amanda4242 | Nov 8, 2017 |
Ahhhhh, Sir John Betjeman. He's the kind of person you read if Prince Harry just ain't fucking British enough for ya. Take the tram up Tottenham-of-Berfordshire and come to the land of Hobbiton and The Shire. Much of this book is too esoteric for Americans to "get" but I imagine if you're British and you're not at home this stuff will make you nostalgic. The best of this collection is quite great and contrary to what Christopher Hitchens says of the British laureate-ship and the downhill tendencies exhibited after earning of it, I didn't see a dive in quality. In fact, I had given up on this book for a long time before I reached the material to which Hitchens would've referred. It was his calling himself a "poet and a hack" that made me really come back. It takes a big man to admit to hack tendencies, I think, and as far as poets go he may never reach the heights of whatsay your Tennyson but that could be a deficiency of aim rather than actual talent.… (lisätietoja)
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