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A Passion For Places - England Through the Eyes of John Betjeman (Paperback)
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A Passion For Places - England Through the Eyes of John Betjeman (Paperback)
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Loot Price R418
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Sir John Betjeman was born at the start of the twentieth century,
and lived to become Poet Laureate, an accomplished writer and
campaigner, and something of a national treasure. All his life he
loved churches, which are woven into his poetic output. He wrote
extensively about churches and architecture, telling a journalist
in 1955 'If I have a mission, it is to show people things which are
beautiful so that they will very soon realise what is ugly. When
you look at things, instead of just looking through them, life
starts absolutely crackling with interest and excitement.' Now,
Betjeman's particular way of looking at churches is in danger of
being lost in the face of a more academically driven and forensic
art-historical approach. This book picks out some of the buildings,
especially churches, which Betjeman was particularly fond of. It
highlights and celebrates Betjeman's more poetic, parochial and
personal response to the built environment, and his evocation of
the English parish church through the ordinary and the charm of
hassocks, old incense and oil lamps. Highlighting his religious,
aesthetic and social pre-occupations, this book is both gazetteer
and commentary on his own particular vision of England and
architecture, which deserves to be celebrated afresh.
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