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'A true poet who extends experience' (Margaret Lane )
'John Betjeman has succeeded . . . in narrowing the gulf between poetry and the public . . . he has established a personal regency over all contemporary taste' (The Times )
'It would be difficult - in my opinion impossible - to point to a contemporary poet of greater originality or more genuine depth of feeling' (Anthony Powell )
'John Betjeman has succeeded . . . in narrowing the gulf between poetry and the public . . . he has established a personal regency over all contemporary taste' (The Times )
'It would be difficult - in my opinion impossible - to point to a contemporary poet of greater originality or more genuine depth of feeling' (Anthony Powell )
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Collected Poems made publishing history when it first appeared, and has now sold more than two million copies, to an ever-growing readership. This newly expanded edition includes Betjeman's verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. With a new Introduction by Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Collected Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first introduction to JB. I raced through the entire book in about 2 days and have re-read my favourites many times over since then.
Maybe it's because his views coincide with my own in so many ways, maybe the language he uses, maybe I'm just nostalgic for the rose-tinted past, but something in his writing is absolutely captivating.
I recently saw Joanna Lumley reading one of his poems (Myfanwy) on TV. It could have been written for her, and has become my favourite, perhaps taking me back to my own days at boarding school.
For me, that's the thing about Betjeman - he's so accessible to someone like me who doesn't know much about poetry that his writing allows me to feel as though I'm in the middle of it all, looking around me.
I know this review will be of little use to Betjeman aficionados, but perhaps it may serve as an encouragement for anyone who is not familiar with him to make an effort to get to know him better. It's a journey well worth taking (even if, like I do, you live not a million miles away from Slough).
Maybe it's because his views coincide with my own in so many ways, maybe the language he uses, maybe I'm just nostalgic for the rose-tinted past, but something in his writing is absolutely captivating.
I recently saw Joanna Lumley reading one of his poems (Myfanwy) on TV. It could have been written for her, and has become my favourite, perhaps taking me back to my own days at boarding school.
For me, that's the thing about Betjeman - he's so accessible to someone like me who doesn't know much about poetry that his writing allows me to feel as though I'm in the middle of it all, looking around me.
I know this review will be of little use to Betjeman aficionados, but perhaps it may serve as an encouragement for anyone who is not familiar with him to make an effort to get to know him better. It's a journey well worth taking (even if, like I do, you live not a million miles away from Slough).
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was introduced to the original Collected Poems by my college room-mate circa 1960, and have loved the poems ever since. Several of them I learned by heart, and can generaly quote to this day. So much so that my son (now living on a different continent from me) must have heard the original so often, he brought to my attention the misquoting of 'Slough' in a recent International Herald Tribune article. My original paperback copy is now falling apart, and how can I resist getting a new one?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautiful word-smithing in a self-deprecating series dealing with perceived change and decay of the old order of society referenced by geography and architecture cloaking a perceptive sharpness. Good value for a penny.
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A Great Poet
This is a wonderful collection. I honestly think that John Betjemann was a very great poet. He was very much a poet of the everyday and had a remarkable ability to give even the... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Hannah
My Dad loved it
I bought this for my father for fathers day. He was very pleased with it! It is a very thick book with hundreds of poems for all John Betjeman fans out there! A good buy :) x
Published 21 months ago by Phoebe
Yet another Tory reactionary who thought that new = bad and old = good
Reading the other reviews on this page you can see that what Betjeman is still praised for was his romanticisation of some imagined 'golden era' of country lanes and smiling... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Stephens
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This book was delivered as promised.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Betjeman. I find it delightful to browse and relax in the subject.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Betjeman. I find it delightful to browse and relax in the subject.
Published on 22 Feb 2010 by Turn The Page
America needs a Betjeman
A preservationist in (usually) the best sense--in architecture, poetry forms, landscapes, humour, the heart--Sir John Betjeman inspired a large following in the UK and maybe 2-3 in... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2002 by Stephen Constantelos
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