by John Betjeman · John Murray Pubs Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780719536328
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«John Betjeman's Collected Poems» is the poetry collection by John Betjeman, published by John Murray in paperback (351 pages, in English).
A compilation of the poetry of John Betjeman, a British poet renowned for his mastery of form and for recreating the life and landscape of England with irony and nostalgia. The volume spans his career, from the earliest compositions to the latest, and includes in this expanded edition the poems from A Nip in the Air.
This expanded edition is the fourth, with an introduction by the Earl of Birkenhead and an index of first lines; the work received the Duff Cooper Prize.
For readers of twentieth-century English poetry and admirers of Betjeman's work.
Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
