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Collected Poems (Paperback)

by John Betjeman (Author)

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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (13 Oct 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0719565464
ISBN-13: 978-0719565465
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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'A true poet who extends experience' Margaret Lane

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"Collected Poems" made publishing history when it first appeared and has now sold well over two million copies. This edition, published for the first time in mass paperback, is as complete as it can be made - incorporating as it does "Uncollected Poems" and also two other poems not originally included.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd read him earlier, 15 Nov 2006

By	Robin Johnston (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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).

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5.0 out of 5 stars I have loved this book to death. Literaly., 22 Nov 2002

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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?

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5.0 out of 5 stars America needs a Betjeman, 11 Jan 2002

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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 the USA. More 'verse' than 'poetry' as he characteristically self-effacingly called the contents of this volume, his work still holds a lot of charm and power. 'Middlesex' perhaps encapsualtes him best...

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