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John Betjeman and Cornwall (Paperback, New)
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John Betjeman and Cornwall (Paperback, New)
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"I was one of the 8,000-strong 'Betjemaniacs' gathered at Carruan
farm in Cornwall in August 2006 to celebrate the hundredth birthday
of Sir John Betjeman, the late Poet Laureate. Situated high above
Polzeath, with tremendous views out to the azure Atlantic and the
great headland of Pentire, Carruan was, with its exhilarating sense
of space, an inspirational choice for this great event. I stood in
the pasty-queue with the Archbishop of Canterbury, watched the
poetic performance of Bert Biscoe, and browsed among the bookstalls
in the hope of finding second-hand copies of rare Betjeman books to
add to my collection. Here was that Patrick Taylor-Martin volume
that had eluded me for years, and Betjeman's Britain - compiled by
Candida Lycett Green, Betjeman's daughter - together with more
recent editions of old favourites." Philip Payton, in the preface
to John Betjeman and Cornwall Quintessentially English, Betjeman
was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where, as
he was the first to admit, he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this
book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of
'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and
finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. He was
also active in Cornish affairs, insisting that Cornwall was not
part of England, and championing Cornish environmental concerns
that anticipated today's focus on sustainability. The new research
in this book includes a wealth of previously ignored source
material, forming a lively new account of Betjeman's life and work
and his defining relationship with Cornwall. This book is likely to
be controversial and to provoke debate.
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