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Hace 2 días · John Betjeman (1906-84), in 1961: “a complex of contradictions”. EVEN before his death on 19 May 1984, the poet John Betjeman appeared to some critics as a throwback to the 19th century. For some, he was a writer of exceedingly modest talents, prone to tiresome doggerel and a risible nostalgia for an England that no longer existed.
Hace 4 días · Other great writers who have graced its pages down the years include John Betjeman and Harold Nicolson. The Standard was also where a number of future editors of national titles ...
Hace 5 días · A wonderful tribute to one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure.
Hace 3 días · Hunger: a Modern History. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN: 9780674026780; 384pp.; Price: £19.95. The request to review Professor James Vernon’s book brings to mind John Betjeman’s verses in the style of George R. Sims: And if ye’re a pal o’ the author yer gives it a good review. (1) Betjeman’s verse ...
Hace 1 día · John Betjeman recalls in vivid detail the agonies and the delights of growing up. (1976) 58 mins. Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol. Roy Lichtenstein revolutionised art with his cartoon images of ...
Hace 5 días · Mutual friends mentioned in the letters include John Betjeman, Richard Church, and Viola Meynell. John Freeman 29 letters from Young to Freeman, 1924-28 (E93.58, Folder 2) John Freeman (1880-1929) was a leading Georgian poet whom Andrew Young regarded as his literary mentor.
Hace 3 días · John Betjeman was a natural on television, a medium that faithfully conveyed his particular charm, and that he seemed perfectly at home in. Most of his TV work is worth watching again and makes for enjoyable viewing, though some of the later stuff lapses into self-indulgence and self-caricature.
