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Betje life.(John Betjeman Collected Poems)(Book review)
A. N. Wilson Betjeman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 384 pages, $27
John Betjeman Collected Poems. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 528 pages, $27
As all the world now knows, Bevis Hillier, whose three-volume life of Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) has just appeared in a one-volume centenary-year abridgement, has fooled A. N. Wilson into printing a "hitherto unknown" love letter purporting to be by Betjeman, but actually composed by Hillier himself, including some none-too-subtle clues to its inauthenticity. The motive was revenge for a lukewarm review Wilson had written of Hillier's second volume, and also, perhaps, jealousy that Wilson had access to the family and to ...
- The church as a building and the church as a community in the work of John...
- Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature Lowe, Peter J. June 22, 2008 700+ words
...of ancient stone. --John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish...two million copies of his Collected Poems sold to date, John Betjeman is one of modern English...volume, Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman, and it may also be seen...
- John Betjeman's hidden courtyards. (Reviews).(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Franklin, Alice April 1, 2003 700+ words
John Betjeman: New Fame, New Love. Bevis Hillier...stability with the publication of his Collected Poems. In 1958 this became a publishing...hidden courtyards and minor alleys of John Betjeman's life. From it, we emerge with...
- Poems in the Porch: The Radio Poems of John Betjeman.(Brief article)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review September 22, 2009 700+ words
...the Porch: The Radio Poems of John Betjeman. Kevin J. Gardner, editor...broadcast his work than Sir John Betjeman. Here we have a complete edition...have not been included in the Collected Poems: these contain only six verses...
- Betjeman's 'The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel.'.(poem by John...
- The Explicator McDermott, John V. March 22, 1999 700+ words
John Betjeman's poem "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel" seems...Betjeman, John. "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel." Collected poems. Boston: Houghton, 1971. 18-19. All references to the poem...
- BETJEMAN'S WOMEN; Poet Laureate John Betjeman was infatuated with women. Now a...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Shepherd, Rose November 25, 2001 700+ words
...attack and a stroke Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman was asked if he had any regrets...relationships with both a wife and a mistress. John Betjeman: The Last Laugh is part of the BBC...rounded picture of a very complex man. John Betjeman was a flawed genius, whose very flaws...
- John Betjeman--a centenary view.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Manwaring, Randle June 22, 2006 700+ words
...literary associations and none more so than the area where John Betjeman lived and which he made famous by his autobiography in verse...opinion is divided, a hundred years after his birth, on John Betjeman the poet. He is despised by some for the lightness of his...
- John Betjeman on Churches.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review March 22, 2009 700+ words
John Betjeman on Churches. Jonathan Glancey, editor. Methuen. [pounds sterling...191 pages. ISBN 978-0-413-77651-8. This selection of Sir John Betjeman's letters concerning churches has been edited by the Architecture...
- Fishy tales about John Betjeman, the surfing dude.(Column)
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) August 15, 2006 700+ words
...PETE CLARK Betjeman and Me: Rick Stein's Story BBC 2 JOHN BETJEMAN is generally regarded as a diamond geezer, the sort of bloke...that burst like a star shell on my complacent concordance: John Betjeman was a keen surfer. That this funny little man, with his...
