$50.23
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2006
Summary
The Definitive John Betjeman: Collected Poems
Collected Poems made publishing history upon its initial release and has since captivated an expanding audience, selling over two million copies. This expanded edition features Betjeman’s verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. Featuring an Introduction by Andrew Motion, Collected Poems is the essential Betjeman collection.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719568503 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719568501 |
| Author: | John Betjeman |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 34mm |
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A true poet who extends experience
A true poet who extends experience - Margaret Lane
John Betjeman has succeeded … in narrowing the gulf between poetry and the public … he has established a personal regency over all contemporary taste - The TimesIt would be difficult - in my opinion impossible - to point to a contemporary poet of greater originality or more genuine depth of feeling - Anthony PowellAbout The Author
John Betjeman
John Betjeman was born in London on 28 August 1906. He was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1931 his first book of poems, ‘Mount Zion’, was published by an old Oxford friend, Edward James. His second book was ‘Ghastly Good Taste’, a commentary on architecture, published in 1934. He was knighted in 1969 and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. John Betjeman died on 19 May 1984 at his home in Trebetherick, Cornwall and was buried at the nearby church of St Enodoc.
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