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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 Powell

THE DEFINITIVE JOHN BETJEMAN COLLECTION, REISSUED FOR THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH

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 Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.

Includes his verse autobiography Summoned by Bells in its entirety.

'It would be difficult - in my opinion impossible - to point to a contemporary poet of greater originality or more genuine depth of feeling' Anthony Powell

THE DEFINITIVE JOHN BETJEMAN COLLECTION, REISSUED FOR THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH

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 Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.

Includes his verse autobiography Summoned by Bells in its entirety.

Über den Autor
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Gattungen & Methoden, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780719568503
ISBN-10: 0719568501
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Betjeman, John
Hersteller: John Murray Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 200 x 128 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: John Betjeman
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.06.2006
Gewicht: 0,367 kg
Artikel-ID: 108372297