John Betjeman by Patrick Taylor-Martin (1984)

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• Format - Paperback
• Condition -Good, wear to cover - see images 

Synopsis

Poet Laureate, broadcaster, passionate advocate of Victorian architecture, John Betjeman was a popular national figure.
Much of his poetry is familiar, ironic and reassuring - who can forget Miss Joan Hunter Dunn ot the Bath Teashop? - for captured in its characteristics rhythms are the absurdities and contradictions of English life. But although he once described himself as 'the Ella Wheeler Wilcox de nos jours,' his finest poems deal successfully with profounder themes of death, love and loss. 
The first full-length study for twenty years, this excellent survey of Betjeman's Life and work assesses the man and his many achievements.