21. John Betjeman @ Catharton Authors Sir john betjeman OBE. 28th August 1906 19th May 1984. Websites The Official Site.john betjeman metroland.org. john betjeman channel4.com. The Shell Guides. http://www.catharton.com/authors/111.htm

US sales in association with: UK sales in association with: Canadian sales in association with: Second hand sales in association with: all of Catharton just Authors Catharton Authors B : Betjeman, John Sir John Betjeman OBE 28th August 1906 - 19th May 1984 Poet, essayist, journalist, preservationist, Betjeman was knighted in 1969 and in 1972 he became Poet Laureate of England, although he was always self-deprecating and once described himself as 'a hack'. His father was a manufacturer of Dutch extraction but as a schoolboy during the First World War, Betjeman suffered considerably because other children thought his name was German. He also suffered as a freshman at Oxford. He felt that people despised him because his father was 'in trade', and because although he had been at a quite respectable public school, Marlborough, he must be inferior to fellow students who had been to schools of higher social standing such as Eton, Harrow and Winchester. One of Betjeman's Oxford friends who shared his feelings, believing his school also to be socially inferior, was the novelist Evelyn Waugh . However, they both eventually moved into circles which enabled them to live the pleasure-seeking extravagant Oxford life described in Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited', and neither of them took their academic work very seriously. Later Betjeman felt more confident about his social position, having married the daughter of an admittedly disapproving Field Marshal and acquired a mistress from a ducal family. He was also strong enough in his personal beliefs not to allow Waugh to persuade him to follow him into the Roman Catholic Church.

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Bernard Quaritch Ltd. BETJEMAN'S CORNWALL BETJEMAN, John. Complete autograph draft of the spoken commentary for Betjeman's television programme 'One Man's County' broadcast on BBC 1 in 15 foolscap pages, numbered 1-3, 3-14, written in ball-point pen on ruled paper, heavily revised, in very good condition. 'John Betjeman first fell in love with Cornwall during his childhood holidays and continued to return to it yearly until his death ... It has inspired some of his best poems and most evocative prose. Many other places in Britain and Ireland ... have been celebrated by him, but the Cornish cliffs and beaches, modest churches and formidable sea have the power to stir him which only first love possesses' (prefatory note to Betjeman's Cornwall, 1984, where this script was first published). 'One Man's County' draws together all these aspects of Cornwall – the moorland granite landscape, the traces of early man, the coming of Christianity, the churches and the 'Cornish miracle of carving' at St. Mary Magdelene in Launceston, the Methodists, the mines and quarries, granite and slate, Cornish engineers, and Brunel's great railway bridge. The programme ends with reflections on the damage caused by pyramids of white silica waste from the china clay industry, and by tourism. Betjeman made this programme for BBC Documentaries at Bristol (John Boorman was then director of the unit). He will first have collaborated with the BBC in choosing which sites to film in Cornwall, and then will have written the commentary while watching the roughly-edited film on a screen editor, writing to footage. This requires a particular talent (Auden's The Night Mail is the best-known example), and Betjeman writes a rhythmical prose set out as it is to be read:

23. Betjeman, John Asterisks indicate multimedia. Comments/Inquiries ©New York University 19932003.betjeman, john. Sex, Male. National Origin, England. Era, Mid 20th Century. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webauthors/betjeman1043-a

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 49th Edition-April 2003 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Authors Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Betjeman, John Sex Male National Origin England Era Mid 20th Century Born Died Awards Poet Laureate of Great Britain (1972-1984) Annotated Works The Cottage Hospital Death in Leamington

24. Betjeman, John The Cottage Hospital Literature Annotations. betjeman, john The Cottage Hospital. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/betjeman11772

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 49th Edition-April 2003 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Authors Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Literature Annotations Betjeman, John The Cottage Hospital On-Line Text Genre Poem Keywords Abandonment Body Self-Image Death and Dying Disease and Health ... Time Summary On a summer afternoon, the poet lies in a garden under a mulberry tree. The air is "swimming with insects" and children are playing in the street. He notices a housefly being caught in a spider's web. The spider poisons and kills the fly, then wraps it in "lithe elastic," but everything else in the garden remains the same. Life goes on as usual. The poet then turns his attention to the future. One day in some cottage hospital he, too, will approach the end of his life. Will he groan in his bed and gasp for breath, while no one notices? [36 lines] Commentary This poem is in essence a single leap of the imagination. The first 24 lines accurately and minutely describe the scene in the garden. After a stanza break, the final 12 lines are made up of a series of questions about the poet's own death. Where will I be when the time comes? Will I be in pain? Will I gasp for breath?

25. Betjeman, John betjeman, john 190684, English poet, b. London. His verse combined betjeman,john. 1906-84, English poet, b. London. His verse combined http://www.slider.com/enc/6000/Betjeman_John.htm

Home Encyclopeadia B Beq - Ber ... Rope Ladders Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Betjeman, John 1906-84, English poet, b. London. His verse combined a witty appraisal of the present with nostalgia for the past, especially the Victorian past. His published collections include Mt. Zion Continental Dew Old Lights for New Chancels A Few Late Chrysanthemums High and Low Collected Poems Metro-Land (1977), and Church Poems (1981). He also published numerous architectural studies, including Ghastly Good Taste or a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture (1933, rev. ed. 1971) and A Pictorial History of English Architecture (1972). Knighted in 1969, from 1972 until 1984 he was Poet Laureate of England. See Summoned by Bells (1960), an autobiography in verse; and studies by M. L. Stapleton (1974) and F. Delaney (1983). Add URL Advertise Contact Us

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Text only FilmFour.com attheraces 4car.co.uk ... Credits The Real John Betjeman Find out more This website contains links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by Channel 4 Television. Channel 4 Television is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not necessarily endorse the material on them. Websites John Betjeman Society www.sndc.demon.co.uk/alslist.htm#JBE List of upcoming events and links to membership details. Lobster www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/ The acclaimed 'parapolitical' magazine which named Betjeman as an MI6 asset in 1985. It contains details of other secret service revelations. National Piers Society www.piers.co.uk/ The society, founded by Betjeman, for the preservation of Britain's littoral architectural heritage. Metroland www.metroland.org A fascinating, sprawling site. Not so much a homage to Betjeman, more a series of variations on the theme of suburbia. The Metropolitan Line www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html

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GO TO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HOME PAGE RETURN TO INDEX KEY LIST GO TO BOTTOM OF SEGMENT GO TO PREVIOUS SEGMENT ... BETJEMAN, JOHN (VIA SECRETARY) - CORRES. TO JENNINGS, ELIZABETH 1984 Elizabeth Jennings Papers (Part 1) BETJEMAN, JOHN - CORRES. TO GRISEWOOD, HARMAN 1963 (03/18) Harman Grisewood Papers II BETJEMAN, JOHN - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1950 Sir Shane Leslie Papers BETJEMAN, JOHN - OXFORD UNIV. DRAMATIC SOCIETY 1926 - REFERENCE Harman Grisewood Papers II BETJEMAN, JOHN - REFERENCE 1975 John G. Deedy, Jr. Papers BETJEMAN, JOHN - REFERENCE 1983 Harman Grisewood Papers II Harman Grisewood Papers II BETJEMAN, JOHN - REFERENCE BY LYCETT GREEN, CANDIDA 1992 Harman Grisewood Papers II BETJEMAN, JOHN, SIR - REFERENCE Betjeman, Lady Penelope ALSs The Christopher Sykes Papers BETJEMAN, PENELOPE - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1950 Sir Shane Leslie Papers Betjeman, Sir ALSs The Christopher Sykes Papers Betjeman, Sir John ALSs The Christopher Sykes Papers Betjeman, Sir John reference The Christopher Sykes Papers Betjeman, Sir John reference The Christopher Sykes Papers Betjeman, Sir John reference

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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HOME PAGE GO TO COLLECTION DETAIL GO TO INDEX JOHN G. DEEDY, JR. PAPERS FOLDER LISTING Box: 1 Fold: 1 Allen, Steve DESCRIPTION: Correspondence of Steve Allen, December 8, 1976. Contains 1 TLS from Steve Allen to John Deedy, thanking him for sending a copy of John Cogley's book and for the "kind words about 'Meeting of Minds.'" Box: 1 Fold: 2 Andrews, James DESCRIPTION: Correspondence of James Andrews, 1976-1984. Contents include 2 TCS Christmas cards from James Andrews (of Universal Press Syndicate) and his family to John Deedy; 1 TCS Christmas card from James Andrews and John P. McMeel; 1 TLS from Betty Fitzpatrick with an enclosure of an In Memoriam for James Andrews delivered by Garry Trudean, creator of the comic strip "Doonesbury;" and one cover of Newsweek dated December 31, 1984 drawn by Gary Trudean with the heading "The Year of the Yuppie." Box: 1 Fold: 3 Andrews, Wayne DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Wayne Andrews, May 10, 1939. Contains 1 TLS from Wayne Andrews, the surrealist writer to Mr. Pierce. References a manuscript Andrews had submitted to Pierce, a Mr. Harcourt, and Governor Vanderbilt. Box: 1 Fold: 4 Bentley, Eric

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John Betjeman by Jocelyn Brooke Chapter V It has been suggested in an earlier section of this essay that the hard and fast distinction between 'light' and 'serious' verse is a comparatively modern phenomenon, scarcely to be encountered, in the sense in which we understand it, before the beginning of the nineteenth century. When we speak of light verse nowadays we are likely to have in mind such popular rhymesters as A. P. Herbert and the late A. A. Milne: inheritors of a tradition which goes back through W. S. Gilbert to R. H. Barham and Thomas Hood. John Betjeman, however, can hardly be fitted into this category; on the other hand, he is quite obviously not a 'serious' poet in the sense that we regard Yeats, Eliot or Auden as such, and the recent tendency (exemplified by Lord Birkenhead's preface) to treat him as though he were can only lead to confusion. In this connection, the ' Variations on a Theme Betjeman is an unequal poet, not only in his prosodic technique, but in the quality of his imagination. On the whole he is least good when he is trying to be most serious; some of the 'funny' poems, on the other hand (' Sun and Fun', 'How to get on in Society

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Sir John Betjeman Collection University of Victoria, McPherson Library Subjects Betjeman, Sir John; English poetry; English literature History The University of Victoria began collecting Sir John Betjeman's papers in 1972. The first purchase was initiated at the time of the demolition of Sir John's house in Smithfield. The second purchase was made in 1986 after the deaths of Sir John and Lady Betjeman and with the assistance of a grant. Smaller collections of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts have been added to the collection over the years. Description The collection is a comprehensive collection of material by Sir John Betjeman, Britain's seventeenth Poet Laureate. The collection contains first editions, single journal issues, pamphlets, manuscripts, and letters. The chronological and geographic emphasis of the collection is twentieth century England. Although the emphasis of the collection is on poetry and literature, there is a broad cultural and social history character in the total collection. The collection is being developed actively and attempts are made to fill all gaps. The collection is also being broadened to include material in all relevant languages. Language English and selected non-English material (German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese).

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The John Betjeman Page WELCOME! Enjoy browsing our selection of antiquarian and secondhand books Betjeman, John. Ghastly Good Taste or, a depressing story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture. Century in assoc. with The National Trust 1989 rep. 112pp., card covers, good. 5.00 Betjeman, John. A Nip in the Air. John Murray 1974 First pub. 61pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00 Betjeman, John. Summoned by Bells. John Murray 1960 First edition. Illus. by Michael Tree, 111pp., top of front covers sl. stained else a good sound copy in frayed, torn marked d/w. 12.00 Betjeman, John. Summoned by Bells. John Murray 1960 First edition. 111pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in lib. style binding. 5.00 Delaney, Frank. Betjeman Country. Hodder and Stoughton 1983 Photographs by James Ravilious, drawings by Leonora Ison. Biblio., index, 233pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00 Green, Candida Lycett. (Ed. and intro.) John Betjeman Letters Volume One: 1926-1951. Methuen. Plates, illus., index, 584pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 8.00 Green, Candida Lycett. (Ed. and intro.) John Betjeman Letters Volume Two: 1951-1984. Methuen. Plates, illus., index, 616pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 8.00

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Channel 4 television ran a documentary on John Betjeman and included this site as part of the program notes on their website The Real John Betjeman 23 April 2000, 8pm Sir John Betjeman's public image is that of a lifelong devotee of the English upper classes. In a 40-year career as a poet, he celebrated the English countryside, poked affectionate fun at the country set and cursed the vulgarity of the lower orders. The same patrician viewpoint informed his writings on architecture. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, he was eventually hailed by the Times newspaper: 'By appointment: Teddy Bear to the Nation'. Channel 4's The Real John Betjeman shows that behind the public image was a more complex reality. Combining hitherto unseen archive material with the testimony of friends ranging from journalist Simon Jenkins to Barry (Dame Edna Everage) Humphries, it shows that Betjeman was a high Tory lyricist who was deeply insecure about his social background and his gift for poetry; a believer in the cohesive force of Christianity who could not himself believe; and an apolitical old buffer who spied for Britain. John Betjeman's family background was far removed from the aristocratic milieu he loved. His father, a cabinet-maker, was descended from Dutch immigrants, and, when the First World War broke out, the eight-year-old Betjeman was bullied at school by children chanting 'Betjeman's a German spy!'

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