John Betjeman

by Dennis Brown and Dennis 3rown

Sir John Betjeman remains the most popular English poet of today. He has been termed a 'national teddy bear', and some commentary has addressed his work in
rather such terms. However, it is evident that most of his key themes - the spirit of place (or 'place-myth'), mundane lives ('petit r cits') or historical continuity (the 'presence of the past') - have specific relevance to postmodern and, especially, environmental concerns. Dennis Brown's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746308957
• ISBN13: 9780746308950
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"