John Betjeman (1906–1984)
Auteur de Collected Poems
A propos de l'auteur
A leading modern champion of the values of an older England, John Betjeman was born in Highgate, London, to a well-off merchant family. The loneliness and suffering of his upbringing, first under nursemaids and then at a series of schools, often surface in his poetry. He went to Magdalene College, afficher plus Oxford, where he belonged to the same smart social set as Evelyn Waugh. Deliberately free from the difficulties of much modern verse, Betjeman's poetry harks back to a more accessible British tradition that includes Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Thomas Hardy. With quiet wit he resisted the debasements of modern mass culture in favor of an older England simpler, more rural, and more religious than the current one. Both W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin especially admired his work, and Auden even edited a selection of it. His harsher critics have found him unintellectual and sentimental. His poetry has achieved a huge circulation in Great Britain, with the Collected Poems (1958) reputedly selling more than 100,000 copies. Considered a national institution, he succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as poet laureate in 1972. Betjeman worked in a variety of media and achieved wide public attention as host for a television series on the history of British architecture, one of his prime interests. He wrote a great deal on architecture, especially for the Architectural Review. Betjeman died in 1984. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de John Betjeman
Ghastly good taste; or, A depressing story of the rise and fall of English architecture (1933) 95 exemplaires
Altar and pew: Church of England verses (Pocket poets) (1959) — Directeur de publication — 16 exemplaires
English, Scottish and Welsh Landscape, 1700-c. 1860. [Poems.] Chosen by J. Betjeman and G. Taylor. With original… (1978) 7 exemplaires
Flower of Cities - A Book of London: Studies and Sketches by Twenty-Two Authors (1949) 7 exemplaires
Mount Zion : or, In touch with the infinite 6 exemplaires
Westminster Cathedral (guide to the architecture and interior the history and pastoral functions of the metropolitan… (1990) 4 exemplaires
Antiquarian prejudice 4 exemplaires
John Betjeman and the Railways 3 exemplaires
Metro-Land 3 exemplaires
John Betjeman Collection: "Summoned by Bells", "Poetry from the BBC Archives", "Recollections from the BBC Archives"… (2000) 3 exemplaires
Betjeman's Britain [Import anglais] 2 exemplaires
Metro-land 2 exemplaires
Diary Of A Church Mouse 1 exemplaire
Antiquarian Predjudice 1 exemplaire
Pocket Poets, The 1 exemplaire
Six Betjeman Songs 1 exemplaire
Murray's Buckinghamshire Guide 1 exemplaire
Poems 1 exemplaire
West Country Churches: Four Essays 1 exemplaire
An American's guide to English parish churches 1 exemplaire
Sir John Betjeman's Britain 1 exemplaire
Some Irish Churchyard Sculpture 1 exemplaire
John Betjeman letters: volume one,1926 to 1951, and, volume two, 1951 to 1984 (1994) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Altar and Pew: Church of England Verses 1 exemplaire
John Betjeman's Collected Poems 1 exemplaire
Late Flowering Lust 1 exemplaire
The Golden Treasury of John Betjaman 1 exemplaire
In Westminster Abbey 1 exemplaire
Devonshire Street W1 (in The Norton Book of London) 1 exemplaire
The Poems of John Betjeman 1 exemplaire
Poetry for pleasure : the Hallmark book of poetry 1 exemplaire
A Whale of a Story Review of Moby Dick by Herman Melville Daily Herald, 9 January 1947, p. 2. (1947) 1 exemplaire
John Betjeman - A Bird's Eye View [DVD] 1 exemplaire
The Great Days of the Country Railway 1 exemplaire
Varsity Rag 1 exemplaire
Highgate Cemetery 1 exemplaire
John Betjeman - A Bird's Eye View [DVD] 1 exemplaire
Branchline Railway [VHS] 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 917 exemplaires
Noblesse oblige, an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy, by Alan S. C. Ross, Nancy… (1956) — Contributeur — 427 exemplaires
Shell Guide : South-West Wales : Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (1963) — Directeur de publication — 17 exemplaires
Song at the Year's Turning: Poems 1942–1954 (1955) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 16 exemplaires
Shell Guide : Mid Wales: Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery (1960) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
Shell Guide : Oxfordshire — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires
Shell Guide : Herefordshire — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Metro-Land 3 exemplaires
Anton — Avant-propos — 1 exemplaire
Avallaunius, Winter 1997, Seventeen : the journal of the Arthur Machen Society (1997) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The London Mercury Vol Xxvii No 158 December 1932 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Festival of the City of London : 1962 programme book — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1906-08-28
- Date de décès
- 1984-05-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England (birth)
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Highgate, London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Trebetherick, Cornwall, England
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Trebetherick, Cornwall, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland
Uffington, England, UK
Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Études
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Byron House
Highgate School
Dragon School
Marlborough College - Professions
- poet
writer
broadcaster - Relations
- Chetwode, Penelope (wife)
Green, Candida Lycett (daughter)
Green, Imogen Lycett (granddaughter)
Eliot, T. S. (teacher)
Lewis, C. S. (tutor)
Wilson, Mary (friend) - Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1973)
Friends of Friendless Churches - Prix et distinctions
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1960)
Knight Bachelor (1969)
Poet Laureate of England (1972) - Courte biographie
- Sir John Betjeman, (1906 – 1984) was a twentieth-century English poet, writer and broadcaster. Born to a middle-class family in Edwardian Hampstead, he attended Oxford University, and his early ability in writing poetry and interest in architecture supported him throughout his life. Starting his career as a journalist, he ended it as British Poet Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television. His works include poetry, prose and television appearances.
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Critiques
Betjeman's Britain: Poems from the BBC Archives… par John Betjeman
This selection of Betjeman's poems was read by himself. Some of them had an introduction from him, what he was thinking or the meaning of some words and terms used. At times he is a miserable old so and so "things were better back when...". At other times his attitudes towards women is slightly uncomfortable, the gels etc. But in some of these there are some lovely lyrical images conjured up. I'm fairly sure that there were some in here I'd not heard or read before. As a bell ringer I find his fascination with bells to be enchanting, he really is enthralled by them.… (plus d'informations)
A lovely, straightforward story about Archie, a teddy bear, who enjoys attending the Strict Baptist chapel nearby. When (his unseen human) family moves away, he misses attending services until he manages to cut some wings out of brown paper and fly to the local chapel. He shares the sermons with his friend and fellow cupboard dweller, Jumbo, a small stuffed elephant. There are Aneucapnic lamps in the first chapel.
Ahhhhh, Sir John Betjeman. He's the kind of person you read if Prince Harry just ain't fucking British enough for ya. Take the tram up Tottenham-of-Berfordshire and come to the land of Hobbiton and The Shire. Much of this book is too esoteric for Americans to "get" but I imagine if you're British and you're not at home this stuff will make you nostalgic. The best of this collection is quite great and contrary to what Christopher Hitchens says of the British laureate-ship and the downhill tendencies exhibited after earning of it, I didn't see a dive in quality. In fact, I had given up on this book for a long time before I reached the material to which Hitchens would've referred. It was his calling himself a "poet and a hack" that made me really come back. It takes a big man to admit to hack tendencies, I think, and as far as poets go he may never reach the heights of whatsay your Tennyson but that could be a deficiency of aim rather than actual talent.… (plus d'informations)
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