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Trains and Buttered Toast
Av John Betjeman, Stephen Games
Häftad, 2007
169 kr
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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 …
John Betjeman Collected Poems
Häftad, 2006
218 kr
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'It would be difficult - in my opinion impossible - to point to a contemporary poet of greater originality or more genuine depth of feeling' Anthony PowellTHE DEFINITIVE JOHN BETJEMAN COLLECTION, REISSUED FOR THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTHCollected Poems made publishing history when it first appeared, …
Poetry of War
Av John Betjeman, Ted Hughes m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2020
137 kr
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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first …
Nip in the Air
Häftad, 1976
238 kr
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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 …
Ghastly Good Taste
Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
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'My own interest started in seeking out what was old. When the guide told me that this was the bed in which Queen Elizabeth slept, I believed him. When owners of country cottages in Suffolk told me their cottage was a thousand years old, I believed them too. I thought that this or that church was …
First and Last Loves
Häftad, 2008
317 kr
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'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life of safe monotony, why were you created?'First and Last Loves is a collection of Betjeman's essays on architecture, …
John Betjeman
Av John Betjeman, Hugo Williams
Inbunden, 2009
166 kr
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Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were universally welcomed.Other volumes in this series: Auden, Eliot, …
Ghastly Good Taste
Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
E-bok, 2012
177 kr
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'My own interest started in seeking out what was old. When the guide told me that this was the bed in which Queen Elizabeth slept, I believed him. When owners of country cottages in Suffolk told me their cottage was a thousand years old, I believed them too. I thought that this or that church was …
First and Last Loves
E-bok, 2012
197 kr
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'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life of safe monotony, why were you created?'First and Last Loves is a collection of Betjeman's essays on architecture, …
Best of Betjeman
Häftad, 2006
169 kr
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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, …
Tennis Whites and Teacakes
Av John Betjeman, Stephen Games
Häftad, 2008
181 kr
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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 …
John Betjeman Collected Poems
E-bok, 2006
45 kr
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Collected Poems made publishing history when it first appeared, and has now sold more than two million copies, to an ever-growing readership. This newly expanded edition includes Betjeman''s verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells . With a new Introduction by Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Collected …
John Betjeman In His Own Words
Ljudbok, 2012
132 kr
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In this fascinating collection of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive, John Betjeman (Poet Laureate 1972) talks about his life and career as one of the foremost poets of the 20th Century. The interviews included are: Asian Club , broadcast on BBC Radio, 7 July 1959 (featuring Arthur …
Harvest Bells
New and Uncollected Poems by John Betjeman
Av John Betjeman, Kevin J. Gardner
E-bok, 2019
209 kr
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A charming new collection of previously unpublished and uncollected poems by Sir John Betjeman. John Betjeman''s unforgettable poems on landscape and suburbia, desire and death, faith and doubt, helped to establish him as the beloved voice of a nation. Yet the ten books of poetry he published …
Harvest Bells
New and Uncollected Poems by John Betjeman
Av John Betjeman, Kevin J. Gardner
E-bok, 2019
209 kr
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A charming new collection of previously unpublished and uncollected poems by Sir John Betjeman. John Betjeman''s unforgettable poems on landscape and suburbia, desire and death, faith and doubt, helped to establish him as the beloved voice of a nation. Yet the ten books of poetry he published …
Lovely Bits of Old England
John Betjeman at The Telegraph
Av John Betjeman, Gavin Fuller
E-bok, 2012
99 kr
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John Betjeman began writing for the Telegraph in 1951 and continued to do so for a quarter of a century. During that time Britain underwent profound social and cultural changes. In architecture, grand Victorian edifices were pulled down to make way for gleaming brutalist monuments to the Future. In …
Betjeman's England
Av John Betjeman, Stephen Games
Häftad, 2010
169 kr
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For more than half a century, Betjeman's writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of gaslight in suburban churches, to the hissing of backwash on a shingle beach. Betjeman is England's greatest topologist: whether he's talking about a townhall or a teashop, …
Betjeman's England
Av Stephen Games, John Betjeman
E-bok, 2010
45 kr
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For more than half a century Betjeman''s writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of gaslight in suburban churches, to the hissing of backwash on a shingle beach. Betjeman is England''s greatest topologist: whether he''s talking about a townhall or a …
