Author: WILSON, A. N.
Title: Betjeman.
Description: Med. 8vo; pp. [viii], 375; decorated endpapers, text illustrated with 72 b/w. photographs, notes, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; Hutchinson; 2007. John Betjeman was by far the most popular English poet of the twentieth century. His collected poems sold over two million copies. This book is a celebration of a much loved poet, a brave campaigner for architecture at risk, and a highly popular public performer. Betjeman was the classic example of the melancholy clown, whose sadness found its perfect mood-music in the hymns of a poignant Anglicanism.
Keywords: english literature history biography poems poetry
Title: Betjeman.
Description: Med. 8vo; pp. [viii], 375; decorated endpapers, text illustrated with 72 b/w. photographs, notes, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; Hutchinson; 2007. John Betjeman was by far the most popular English poet of the twentieth century. His collected poems sold over two million copies. This book is a celebration of a much loved poet, a brave campaigner for architecture at risk, and a highly popular public performer. Betjeman was the classic example of the melancholy clown, whose sadness found its perfect mood-music in the hymns of a poignant Anglicanism.
Keywords: english literature history biography poems poetry
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 115381
- Book number: 115381